text: Yes it is. 1600 new coal plants on the books. 500 to be built this year at an average emissions per plant of 3.5 megatonnes. Let’s see, that’s about 42 per month times 3.5 . That is 147 new megatonnes of of co2 emissions each month. Canada’s target is to reduce emissions by 200 meagatonnes from today’s levels by 2030. McLeans magazine estimated the carbon tax will cost the average household $1200 each year in direct and indirect expenses for the 2020 decade. So in the next SIX WEEKS coal plant construction in Asia and Africa will erase Canadian efforts until 2030. Twelve thousand dollars per household by 2030 for nothing but virtue signalling or a gesture.