Canada: The federal carbon tax, set to increase to US$37.64/t in 2022 from C$15.06/t as of January 2019, may drive Canadian businesses abroad to polities with less stringent climate laws, most notably the US. The Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan public policy think-tank, has named cement and concrete product manufacturing amongst the 13 industries most heavily affected, with a forecasted rise in production costs of 2.69%.
