Roundup: Draft climate legislation revealed

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The government unveiled their draft legislation for carbon pricing mechanisms, largely as the backstop for those provinces whose governments are toeing the agreed-upon line, and it includes both pricing incentives for those who can get 30 percent below the national standards, as well as the ability for the federal government to directly reimburse individuals for their carbon payments rather than just returning it all to provincial coffers and letting the provincial government figure it out.

Energy economists Andrew Leach and Trevor Tombe dig into the announcements a bit more.

Good reads:

  • The summit on North Korea is taking place in Vancouver, which will likely be focused more on sanctions than diplomacy (but diplomacy is still a big deal).
  • Trudeau, incidentally, says that despite China and Russia not being involved in the talks, there is still value in having them.
  • New Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion says that he will carry on the Bill Morneau/Bill C-27 investigation, and he thinks there should be stronger penalties.
  • At yesterday’s Supreme Court of Canada hearing on consultation in drafting legislation, some judges were concerned about what was being asked of them.
  • Here’s a look at the prepared talking points prepared at Veterans Affairs after the debacle that was the Vimy 100 preparations.
  • Maclean’s digs into the darker side of marijuana dependence.
  • Opposition MPs vow to make a point of Trudeau’s meeting with Joshua Boyle when Parliament gets back at the end of the month.
  • The new naval supply ships are being delayed again, with construction not slated to begin now until 2019. Surprise!
  • As it happens, the value of Morneau Shepell contracts with the government has been declining in recent years. Scratch that conspiracy theory!
  • Apparently, Andrew Scheer is in danger of being branded as a “fuddy-duddy, 1950s dad” if he carries on the way he has been without better defining himself.
  • Kady O’Malley’s Process Nerd column looks at the debate over having a commission to decide on leadership debates during elections.
  • Martin Patriquin calls out the “amnesia” in Quebec’s political class as the one-year anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting approaches.
  • Patriquin also looks at Senator Lynn Beyak’s faux martyrdom and how she plans to profit from it.
  • Stephen Gordon is having none of the Liberals’ fiscal numbers (unless they really want five years of grinding austerity).
  • Chantal Hébert compares Trudeau’s town halls to the spectacle of Question Period.
  • Andrew Coyne thinks that a nuclear North Korea means that Canada has no choice but to enter into ballistic missile defence with the Americans.
  • Colby Cosh turns his caustic attention to the Hawaiian missile false alarm over the weekend, and how it became such a debacle.