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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will force carbon pricing on Ontario now that premier-designate Doug Ford has announced he will scrap the cap and trade scheme imposed on the province by defeated premier Kathleen Wynne.

This will mean years of litigation. The new Progressive Conservative government in Ontario is setting aside $30 million for the looming court fight and you can bet the Trudeau Liberals are doing the same.

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And in the end, no matter the outcome, it will mean nothing.

It will mean nothing because everyone who has studied the issue and understands math knows Trudeau is going to fail to meet the greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments he made to the United Nations.

Just as Canadian prime ministers have been setting and failing to meet such targets for 30 years.

Trudeau’s carbon pricing scheme will fail even if every province voluntarily complies with, or is forced to adhere to, his half-baked carbon pricing scheme, which was designed as a cash grab from Canadians, rather than to reduce greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change.