[Verse 1]
Carbon dioxide needs a price tag now
Federal backstop kicks in somehow
When provinces can't match the rate
Ottawa steps through policy gate
Twenty-two cents per tonne to start
Climbing yearly, that's the art
Cap and trade or carbon fee
Provincial choice for you and me
[Chorus]
Climate tax, investment track
Green incentives coming back
ITCs for clean design
Flow-through shares for mineral mine
Backstop, clean shop, tax credits drop
Environmental fiscal hop
[Verse 2]
Clean Technology gets thirty percent
Investment credit heaven-sent
Solar panels, wind turbines tall
Battery storage for us all
Clean Hydrogen takes the stage
Forty percent for this new age
Blue and green production line
Tax relief by design
[Chorus]
Climate tax, investment track
Green incentives coming back
ITCs for clean design
Flow-through shares for mineral mine
Backstop, clean shop, tax credits drop
Environmental fiscal hop
[Bridge]
Carbon Capture underground
Sixty percent credit found
Critical minerals need extraction
Flow-through shares boost investor action
Deductions pass to shareholder hands
Exploration across the lands
[Verse 3]
When your province sets the bar
Carbon pricing near and far
Equivalent systems qualify
Federal backstop says goodbye
But if standards start to slip
Back comes the federal grip
[Final Chorus]
Climate tax, investment track
Green incentives coming back
ITCs for clean design
Flow-through shares for mineral mine
Backstop, clean shop, tax credits drop
Environmental fiscal hop
Thirty, forty, sixty rate
Canada's green tax landscape straight
[Outro]
Price carbon high, invest in clean
Smartest tax code ever seen