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title: Ford, Ontario PCs win majority government, threatening province’s cap-and-trade future
description: Ford, Ontario PCs win majority government, putting the province's cap-and-trade future at risk. Experts question if the PCs will follow through on their pledge and the details.
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# [Ford, Ontario PCs win majority government, threatening province’s cap-and-trade future](https://www.clearbluemarkets.com/news/ford-ontario-pcs-win-majority-government-threatening-provinces-cap-and-trade-future)

 Written by [ClearBlue Markets](https://www.clearbluemarkets.com/news/author/clearblue-markets) | Jun 8, 2018 3:40:00 PM

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party and leader Doug Ford won a majority government in Thursday’s provincial election, threatening the future of the province’s cap-and-trade programme and its WCI linkage. 

“Let’s see if the PCs follow through with their pledge and the details,” Nicolas Girod of Toronto-based carbon trading advisory firm ClearBlue Markets told Carbon Pulse. 

Read the full article [here](http://carbon-pulse.com/53619/)

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