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Annual Report 2019: Letter from the ChairApril 22, 2020
This marks our final annual report, as the Commission comes to the end of our five-year mandate. In 2019, our work focussed...
A final note on Canada’s Ecofiscal CommissionNovember 29, 2019
This week, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission released its final report. While we have a few loose ends to tie up in 2020, the...
Think big, start small: Eliminating traffic in Canada’s biggest cities by putting a price on itNovember 21, 2019
Imagine your daily commute with no traffic. Cars, buses, and trucks still fill the roads, but everyone is moving at speed. Instead...
Optimizing Extended Producer Responsibility in CanadaOctober 24, 2019
Extended Producer Responsibility has big potential (see my last blog). But getting the details right is critical. If programs are designed well,...
The Case for Extended Producer Responsibility in CanadaOctober 23, 2019
Recycling appears to be broken in Canada. In 2016, a dismal 9% of our plastic waste was recycled. More recently, recycling programs...