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Apr 13 2015

PRESS RELEASE: Economic policy experts available for comment on Ontario’s cap-and-trade announcement

Toronto, April 13, 2015 —Economists from Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission are available to provide insight into the economic and environmental context of Ontario’s newly announced cap-and-trade commitment, and the factors that may determine its effectiveness as a carbon-pricing policy. Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission is an independent group of leading economists from across the country focused on advancing […]

Apr 10 2015

Leave carbon pricing to the provinces

by Guest Blogger

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Opinion Provincial Policy

This Full Comment piece by Glen Hodgson originally appeared in the National Post on April 7, 2015. Carbon pricing is the most efficient way to fight climate change, and the provinces are best placed to apply it — at surprisingly low cost to business. Today, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission is releasing a new report arguing that independent […]

Apr 9 2015

Storify of our Toronto carbon pricing event

by Guest Blogger

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Videos

What follows is the Twitter summary of our event on Wednesday. If you weren’t able to make it, you can watch the webcast. [View the story “The Business of Carbon Pricing in Ontario” on Storify]

Apr 8 2015

How You Do that Voodoo: Modelling carbon policy

by Dale Beugin

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Wonk Wednesday

Every so often, the research team here at Ecofiscal will venture out into the blogosphere. Sometimes, we’ll share additional analysis that didn’t quite make it to a report. Sometimes, we’ll elaborate on more technical ideas or data that the main reports consider only briefly. And sometimes, we’ll just take the opportunity to be unabashedly #wonkish. […]

Apr 8 2015

Carbon pricing with a practical Canadian twist

by Chris Ragan

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Opinion

This Report on Business Commentary piece by Chris Ragan originally appeared in the Globe and Mail on April 7, 2015. From Alberta to Nova Scotia, and especially in Ontario, spring has ushered in fresh discussions about climate policy. On Tuesday, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission (which I chair) released a new report, The Way Forward, with specific […]

Apr 7 2015

The inside scoop on our new report

by Chris Ragan

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Climate Change Polluter Pay TLDR Report Facts and Summaries

The question is not if Canada needs to lower greenhouse gas emissions, but rather when and how. The answer is now—through provincial carbon pricing. You can almost hear it. The loud crack of a middle ground erupting, cutting through the din of Canada’s polarized economy-versus-environment debate on climate change. What’s brought it to the surface? A broadening agreement among Canadians that “doing nothing” […]

An Open Letter from Economists on Canadian Carbon Pricing

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