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Carbon province, hydro province : greenhouse gas emmissions, 1990-2017 : the challenge of Canadian energy and climate federalism / Douglas Macdonald.

Macdonald, Douglas, 1947- (author.).

Summary:

"Why has Canada been unable to achieve any of its climate-change targets? Part of the reason is that emissions in two provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan, have been steadily increasing as a result of expanding oil and gas production. Declining emissions in other provinces, such as Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, have been cancelled out by those western increases. The ultimate explanation for Canadian failure lies in the differing energy interests of the western and eastern provinces. How can Ottawa possibly get all the provinces moving in the same direction of decreasing emissions? To answer this question, Douglas Macdonald explores the five attempts to date to put in place co-ordinated national policy in the fields of energy and climate change - from Pierre Trudeau's ill-fated National Energy Program to Justin Trudeau's bitterly contested Pan-Canadian program - analyzing and comparing them for the first time."-- Provided by publisher.

"Why has Canada been unable to achieve any of its climate-change targets? Part of the reason is that emissions in two provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan – already about half the Canadian total when taken together – have been steadily increasing as a result of expanding oil and gas production. Declining emissions in other provinces, such as Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, have been cancelled out by those western increases. The ultimate explanation for Canadian failure lies in the differing energy interests of the western and eastern provinces, overlaid on the confederation fault-line of western alienation. Climate, energy, and national unity form a toxic mix. How can Ottawa possibly get all the provinces moving in the same direction of decreasing emissions? To answer this question, Douglas Macdonald explores the five attempts to date to put in place coordinated national policy in the fields of energy and climate change – from Pierre Trudeau’s ill-fated National Energy Program to Justin Trudeau’s bitterly contested Pan-Canadian program – analysing and comparing them for the first time. Important new insights emerge from this analysis which, in turn, provide the basis for a new approach. Carbon Province, Hydro Province is a major contribution to the vital question of how our federal and provincial governments can effectively work together and thereby for the first time achieve a Canadian climate-change target."-- From Publisher's website

Record details

ISBN: 9781487507213
ISBN: 9781487524906
ISBN: 1487507216
ISBN: 1487524900
Physical Description: xvii, 317 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Toronto ; University of Toronto Press, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	A Parable of West and East -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Subject -- 1.2 Purpose -- 1.3 Methodology -- 1.4 Theoretical approach -- 1.5 Format -- 2. Historical Overview: Canadian Energy and Climate Politics -- 2.1 Early days of energy policy -- 2.2 National climate change policy in the 1990s -- 2.3 The Martin government -- 2.4 Public opinion on climate change -- 2.5 The Harper government -- 2.6 Provincial climate change policies -- 2.7 The Justin Trudeau government -- 2.8 Summary -- 3. The Three Underlying Challenges -- 3.1 The West-East divide -- 3.2 Differing fossil fuel energy interests -- 3.3 Differing interests respecting climate change policy -- 3.4 Alberta's planned emission increases undercut reductions elsewhere -- 3.5 Western alienation -- 3.6 The inherent need to allocate greenhouse gas emission reductions -- 3.7 The national intergovernmental process -- 3.8 The only option available -- 3.9 Defects of the national process -- 4. Canadian National Energy Policy, 1973-1981 -- 4.1 Narrative -- 4.2 Analysis -- 5. The First National Climate Change Process, 1990-1997 -- 5.1 Narrative -- 5.2 Analysis -- 6. The Second National Climate Change Process, 1998-2002 -- 6.1 Narrative -- 6.2 Analysis -- 7. The Canadian Energy Strategy, 2005-2015 -- 7.1 Narrative -- 7.2 Analysis -- 8. The Pan-Canadian Framework, 2015-2016 -- 8.1 Narrative -- 8.2 Analysis -- 9. Drawing Lessons -- 9.1 Factors leading to effective national policy -- 9.2 The three challenges and federal strategy -- 10. Putting in Place an Effective National Climate Change Program
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in electronic formats.