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A yet-to-be-released federal report would seem to indicate some industries could face hardships when carbon pricing is brought in.

It notes that carbon pricing leads to reductions in greenhouse gasses, but “it would also represent an increase in the costs facing some producers and consumers.”

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The federal government has yet to release a working group report it put together in partnership with the provinces, but one section of the report, reviewed by the Leader-Post, says carbon pricing “works by making carbon-intensive goods more expensive and carbon-intensive firms less competitive.”

That report studies carbon pricing mechanisms and the impact they could have on the economy and environment.

For this reason, the report continues, “many of the competitive and equity impacts across sectors are a necessary product of a functioning carbon pricing system. As the market adjusts to the reality of carbon pricing, the overall make-up of the economy will change. This will create a period of transition where some firms will need to change production processes and some individuals may need to change employment.”