Putting a price on carbon is the most economically efficient way to reduce emissions and has been recommended by groups as diverse as National Round Table on Environment and Economy and, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. It would also allow for reducing the tax burden on other areas such as income, something businesses and individuals alike would welcome.

Glen Murray is former Mayor of Winnipeg. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Toronto Centre in 2010.

In August 2010, he was appointed to the provincial cabinet as Minister of Research and Innovation. Murray was re-elected in October 2011, and appointed Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities. He resigned from cabinet on November 3, 2012 in order to run as a candidate in the 2013 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election. Glen Murray became Ontario Minister of Transportation and Minister of Infrastructure on February 11, 2013 for the Liberal Party of Ontario.

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View June 25, 2014 Open letter to Glen Murray, Ontario's first minister of climate change
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