CTV is coming to the saffron-office in about 40 minutes for an interview on today's report from the National Round Table on Environment and Economy (NRTEE) which outlines the plan for Canada to achieve significant greenhouse gas emissions reductions of -65% from 2003 levels by 2050. The central feature of the plan is to establish, as soon as possible, an 'economy-wide price on carbon', which is generally interpreted as a carbon-tax (C-tax). Toxics Watch believes that the NRTEE has issued a thorough and realistic plan for achieving the kind of emissions reductions both Canada and the world need to make over the next 40 years, and putting a price on carbon is exactly what a money-driven society needs in order for market forces to align with ecological interests. For over 10 years we've heard what have proven to be only rhetorical assurances from industry; that "they live on this planet, too"; that we should trust them to do the right things. The last decade of inaction has taught us a lot of things, one of which is that the best signals for motivating industry are price signals. In the report, NRTEE has been very attentive to economic and competitiveness issues as well, and recognizes that this plan must be implemented in concert with global actions on climate change, especially Canada's major trading partners; and that other complementary policies will also be required, but it appears that the industry members of the round table have done a good job of protecting the Canadian economy from severe economic impacts. This illustrates clearly the strength of Canada's round-table process of developing policy recommendations with the leaders of all segments of Canadian society, including industry, and most significantly Alberta's industry. What we now have is the advice from industry leaders on the best thing to do in response to climate change, and I think that the Canadian people should be asking themselves, if we have a government that isn't listening to the leaders, who are they listening to?