In Canada, the Free Market Fairy failed to cut emissions. As expected.

http://climateandcapitalism.com/2025/11/14/in-canada-the-free-market-fairy-failed-to-cut-emissions-as-expected/
Date Written:  2025-11-14
Year Published:  2025
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX25461

In 2025, both British Columbia and Canada's federal government repealed their carbon taxes, as the taxes were largely unsuccessful and strongly opposed by businesses -- especially amidst American president Donald Trump's tariff war. To illustrate his perspective on the matter, article author Ian Angus shares a 2008 book review that he wrote in response to Hot Air: Meeting Canada's Climate Change Challenge by Jeffrey Simpson, Mark Jaccard, and Nic Rivers.