The cap-and-trade program Ontario’s set to join next year is having big trouble in California and Quebec, and it could mean Ontario’s much-heralded $8.3-billion Climate Change Action Plan has far less money to spend in reality. For the second time in a GUADALAJARA, Mexico—Ontario and Quebec are tightening climate change ties with Mexico, agreeing to work more closely on carbon tax policy. Though the agreement has no immediate concrete implications, the trilateral declaration will see the two Canadian QUEBEC — The Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal will argue before a National Assembly committee Tuesday that Quebec should increase the number of immigrants it welcomes annually to 60,000 by 2020, up from the current 50,000. Immigration Minister Canadian provinces Ontario and Quebec on Wednesday struck a deal with Mexico to cooperate on carbon trading, bringing North America a small step closer to a common emissions market. Canadian provinces Ontario and Quebec on Wednesday struck a deal with Weekly briefing: Sign up for your essential climate politics update Quebec is already running a cap-and-trade system linked to California’s, with pollution permits changing hands for US$13 a tonne of carbon dioxide. Ontario set a similar programme in Mexico recently announced that it will pilot a new carbon market starting in fall 2016. Ontario intends to link its cap and trade program to Québec and California’s under the Western Climate Initiative, North America’s largest carbon market. .
A joint declaration among Ontario, Quebec and Mexico at the just-concluded Climate Summit of the Americas in Guadalajara, Mexico could help pave the way for Mexico to join the cap-and-trade market for greenhouse gases that currently consists of Quebec and The Coalition of Young Chamber of Commerce of Quebec is seeking Canadian startups to join it on two trade missions — one in Tel Aviv, Israel and one in Marrakech, Morocco. The Tel Aviv mission, which takes place between November 13-20, will focus on “It speaks volumes about the city of Montreal, the province of Quebec and the people here and that he plans on returning whenever he can. “Throughout the trade, a lot of people forgot what this is all about: it’s about the kids and families Before it can join, however, the existing WCI members will assess the stringency and transparency of its trading system. Ontario and Quebec have launched cap-and-trade programs, in which governments set limits to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and require .