Margret, I've got a solution for competing with the US when they don't have a carbon tax while Donald threatens NAFTA. We'll  carbon tax American goods. Every time we import something from a country/state that doesn't have a carbon tax we put a tariff on it and that revenue can subsidize exports to the US through a tax break. Trump wanted to renegotiate NAFTA and start a trade war anyway. Might as well fire the first shot. What great news would that make globally if Canada draws the first line in the sand. Let the US send us their car parts produced using  coal power while we subsidize building the same more expensive car parts for the same ultimate price using hydro, wind, biomass and solar.  'Canada first' was the quote wasn't it? haha. 

On a more serious note I'd love to hear something constructive come out of your editorials for a change. It's easy to criticize, much harder to offer solutions but maybe you should give it a try.