Climate & Carbon Policy

Each climate policy defensible on its own terms; no one accountable for the sum, and the national total never shown whole.

Environment · Nobody’s Job Defaulting to Evacuation: Canada’s Firefighting Surge Fleet That Cannot Be Pre-Positioned to Wildfire Forecasts Canada built its first national wildfire surge fleet. The public record does not show authority to position those aircraft based on forecast risk. The U.S. and EU both have that authority. Environment · Nobody’s Job Canada Cites a Striking Wildfire Statistic: 38% of Firefighting Days Worked by Foreign Crews. NRCan reports foreign crews supplied 38% of wildfire person-days. The denominator is not defined in any public document. Climate Policy · Carbon Pricing After the Rebate The consumer carbon charge and household rebate were eliminated. The industrial costs stayed. No remaining federal mechanism returns that revenue to households. Climate Policy · Carbon Pricing The Bet Canada kept its industrial carbon price and assumed the world would follow. The EU moved. The US didn’t. Energy · The Trap The Trap: Canada’s $100-Billion Carbon Commitment That Costs The Taxpayer More to Leave Than to Keep Eight funding channels. Two levels of government. No consolidated total. Binding contracts guarantee that weakening carbon policy increases public costs. Part 1 The Net Zero Reckoning Canada produces 1.4% of global emissions. The policy architecture treated it as if the number were 14%. Part 3 How to Lose the Climate Enforcement mechanisms that couldn't enforce. The gap between commitment and compliance architecture. Part 2 Green for Whom Who paid for the transition and who profited. The distributional evidence the government didn't publish. Trade Presumed Clean Xinjiang exports to Canada grew 3.62× in four years. The U.S. presumes it’s all tainted. Canada presumes it’s all clean. Energy Canada’s Electrification Plan That Runs on Gas Ontario’s electrification plan depends on 8.5 TWh of gas-fired generation. Grid carbon intensity rose 25% in 2024. Politics · The Gap Alto High-Speed Rail: Expropriation Already Law, $60–90 Billion That Isn’t a Budget, No Cost-Benefit Analysis The expropriation powers became law in March 2026. The route still does not exist, no cost-benefit analysis has been published, and the builder says its own $60–90 billion figure is not a budget. Environment · Nobody’s Job Canada’s Wildfire System Is Failing. The Problem Is Systemic. Canada coordinates wildfire prevention and firefighting through national institutions, chiefly CIFFC. No reviewed instrument makes anyone answerable for whether the two together are adequate. The first in a series on accountability gaps. Net Zero The Net Zero Series $100 billion committed. Emissions targets missed. The audit trail shows where the money went.

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