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Provincial Carbon Pricing and Competitiveness Pressures - Ecofiscal Commission - carbon competitiveness

Nov 18 2015

Getting the Facts on Carbon Pricing and Business Competitiveness

By Chris Ragan, Chair, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission The Ecofiscal Commission’s first carbon pricing report, The Way Forward, made the case that provincial carbon pricing leadership is both a practical and effective way to make urgent climate policy strides. But different carbon prices raise valid concerns about business competitiveness. Today we’re releasing new research to shed […]

Nov 17 2015

Getting traffic moving in Montreal

by Annette Dubreuil

Livable Cities Congestion Pricing Traffic

On November 2nd, the Ecofiscal Commission launched its latest report We Can’t Get There from Here: Why Pricing Congestion is Critical to Beating It. The report explains how we can’t simply build our way out of congestion; we also need to consider incentives. The report’s central recommendation is that Canada’s four largest cities run congestion […]

Nov 16 2015

Think before you toll

by Guest Blogger

Livable Cities Congestion Pricing Traffic Transit

On November 2nd, we released our congestion pricing report We Can’t Get There from Here: Why Pricing Congestion is Critical to Beating It. Guest blogger Jean-François Barsoum, Senior Managing Consultant, Smarter Cities, Water and Transportation, Innovation, Research & Development at IBM, gives us his opinion on congestion charging. by Jean-François Barsoum Implementing congestion charging is […]

Cityslikr blogs about congestion pricing

Nov 13 2015

All Fired Up about Congestion Pricing

by Guest Blogger

Livable Cities Congestion Pricing Traffic Transit

The following piece, by well-known and well-read Toronto blogger Cityslikr, was originally published on All Fired Up in the Big Smoke: “a blog about living in the city. More specifically, a blog about the politics of living in a city.” While we don’t agree with all of the author’s critiques, we think they are fair, […]

Traffic - congestion pricing - trucking - truck drivers

Nov 11 2015

You think your daily battle with traffic is bad? Try driving a truck all day in the city

by Jonathan Arnold

Livable Cities Congestion Pricing Traffic

by Jonathan Arnold and Nancy Olewiler People who commute by car love to share their epic battles with road congestion. But how would you feel if driving in congestion was a part of your job? Picture this: you’re a truck driver or a tradesperson, sitting in gridlock trying to get to your next shipment or […]

Congsetion Pricing in Calgary - Deerfoot Trail - HOT lanes

Nov 9 2015

How to beat traffic in Calgary?

by Annette Dubreuil

Livable Cities Congestion Pricing Economics for the Rest of Us Traffic

Last week, the Ecofiscal Commission launched its latest report We Can’t Get There from Here: Why Pricing Congestion is Critical to Beating It. The report explains how we can’t simply build our way out of congestion, we also need to consider incentives. The report’s central recommendation is that Canada’s four largest cities run congestion pricing […]

An Open Letter from Economists on Canadian Carbon Pricing

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