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Picking Up the Slack

Law, Institutions, and Canadian Climate Policy

by (author) Andrew Green

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Jun 2022
Category
Environmental, Geography, Canadian
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487556211
    Publish Date
    Jun 2022
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781487550110
    Publish Date
    Jul 2022
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487547516
    Publish Date
    Jul 2022
    List Price
    $85.00

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Canada has over-promised and under-delivered on climate change, setting weak goals and allowing carve-outs, exceptions, and exemptions to undermine its climate policies. Why, in an era when climate change is front of mind for so many people, have we failed to make progress? This question has been the source of heated debate across the political spectrum. In Picking Up the Slack, Andrew Green draws together different perspectives on the challenge facing Canada to offer an accessible account of the ideas and institutions that have impeded climate change action.

 

Picking Up the Slack embraces the complexity of the problem, showing that its sources lie deep in Canada’s institutional arrangements – pointing to the role played by federal-provincial power sharing arrangements, the heavy reliance on discretion in Canadian law, the role of the courts, and the impact of social norms. Working from a broad perspective that incorporates the insights of economics, law, political science, and philosophy, Green unpacks the features of Canadian policy making that determine the successes and failures of climate policies. His message is ultimately optimistic: Picking Up the Slack sheds light on how we can bring about meaningful movement towards a fair and positive future.

About the author

Andrew Green is a professor and the Metcalf Chair in Environmental Law at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

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