KAPLAN: The hidden cost of net zero — jobs lost, wages cut, and Alberta paying the price

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Western Standard

The Carney-Smith net zero emissions (NZE) agenda, as set out in the Canada-Alberta MOU, will reduce Canada’s economy by a cumulative 2.1 trillion between 2025 and 2050. And, most notably, 559 billion, or 27 of the cumulative negative Gross Domestic Product (GDP) impact of this NZE agenda, is in Alberta, despite Alberta’s GDP comprising less than 16 of Canada’s total GDP.