Comment on: Driving Effective Carbon Markets in Canada
Current Status: Open
Opened on December 19, 2025 and will close to new input on January 30, 2026.
The Government of Canada is soliciting feedback on changes to the minimum national stringency standards for carbon pollution pricing, known as the federal ‘benchmark’ criteria.
Details are provided in the federal carbon pollution pricing benchmark discussion paper.
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Join in: how to participate
Send us an email
Submit your comments by email: tarificationducarbone-carbonpricing@ec.gc.ca
Who is the focus of this engagement
The Government of Canada will engage with provincial and territorial governments and welcomes feedback from all interested parties.
Key questions for discussion
In 2020–21, a review of Canada’s minimum national stringency standards (the ‘benchmark’) was conducted, and the Government of Canada published an updated federal benchmark for 2023–2030. In 2026, the federal government will strengthen the benchmark to ensure that industrial pricing provides the necessary incentives and framework to drive decarbonization, clean technology investment and competitiveness over the short- and long-term.
The review will also consider how changes to these criteria can help ensure carbon markets:
- provide strong incentives for decarbonization
- provide strong incentives for investments in clean technology
- continue to protect against carbon leakage and competitiveness risks
Attend the webinar
A detailed technical webinar will be held on January 6, 2026, which will provide a high-level overview of proposed changes to the federal benchmark criteria and include a particular focus on industrial carbon pricing coverage and stringency.
If you wish to take part in the webinar, please send us an email at tarificationducarbone-carbonpricing@ec.gc.ca.
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Contact us
Carbon Markets Bureau
Engagement and Assessment Division
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Place Vincent Massey, Floor 21
351 St-Joseph Boulevard
Gatineau, Québec K1A 0H3
Email address: tarificationducarbone-carbonpricing@ec.gc.ca