Tom Mulcair: Federal Environmental Laws

Michael Byers Dept: Mulcair wants to step up enforcement of federal environmental laws and bring in a cap-and-trade system to put a price on carbon emissions, according to Vancouver Sun. But University of B.C. professor Michael Byers, Canada research chair in global politics and international law, said some oilsands operations would no longer make economic sense under such a regime and a prominent B.C. academic and close ally of NDP leader Tom Mulcair said Friday that Mulcair's environmental policies would lead to some oilsands operations no longer being viable in their current form. He was reluctant this week, during his increasingly nasty political battle with the federal government and western premiers over oilsands policy, to discuss in detail the full economic implications of his "polluter-pay" policies. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.