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Canada’s Plan – What will it Cost?
•The 64 billion dollar question
•The federal plan seeks to keep costs low
•Cost controlled by permit/credit price
•Extensive analyses undertaken and made public
•Many uncertainties
What will the new plan cost Canada and Canadians? That is a difficult question.

Kyoto provides an opportunity to buy credits from outside Canada. Our federal government expects these will be available at a low cost of about $10/tonne. That possibility could keep the overall cost low while allowing increased emissions in Canada.

The costs of buying credits and increasing efficiency are offset to some degree by reduced fuel use.  The most costly case analyzed reduces GDP by nearly 2%.  The experts doing the analysis compared that with Canada's trillion-dollar economy and deem it a minor impact relative to expected growth.

Many are not so sure.