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Stormwater fees can reduce loss of clean water

Sep 2 2015

How to Stop Turning Valuable Clean Water into Costly Stormwater

Canada’s infrastructure deficit continues to make headlines in the country. The requirement to maintain and build new infrastructure offers an opportunity to think about the interplay between the environmental impacts of our infrastructure, the means by which we pay for these infrastructure and their environmental costs (sounds pretty ecofiscal to me!). This weeks’ blog looks […]

Jul 22 2015

Know Thy Water: The First Commandment of Water Pricing

by Vincent Thivierge

Water British Columbia Drought Provincial Policy Water Pricing Wonk Wednesday

This week Metro Vancouver announced Stage 3 water restrictions banning the use of lawn sprinklers as reservoirs sit below 73%. As BC’s drought saga continues, Canadians are getting a first-hand lesson in the value of water. But do we really understand it—where our water comes from and the costs of over-use? B.C Drought Makes Water […]

Jul 15 2015

Water Policy: Hot and Thirsty in British Columbia

by Jonathan Arnold

Water British Columbia Climate Change Drought Provincial Policy Water Pricing Wonk Wednesday

British Columbia is parched and veiled in a haze of smoke and ash. Records for the number and size of wild fires, low water reservoir levels, and extreme temperatures have been smashed in recent weeks. The month of June is now predicted to be the hottest on record. Metro Vancouver, home to over half of […]

Jul 1 2015

Water Pricing: Hard Lessons from Cali

by Vincent Thivierge

Water Drought Sustainability Water Pricing Wonk Wednesday

Never Waste a Good Crisis: What Can We Learn from California? California’s extreme drought continues to make headlines. No doubt Canada will feel the ripple effects, for example, through potential shocks in our commodity markets. But is there anything we can actually take away from this disaster? Our perception of Canada as a water wealthy […]

Mar 19 2015

Can incentives protect Canada’s clean water?

by Dale Beugin

Water Polluter Pay Water Pricing

Clean water is a vital, valuable resource for Canada. We drink it. We grow food with it. We generate power using it. We use it as an input to industry, from manufacturing to oil and gas production. We swim, splash, and paddle our canoes in it. And clean water isn’t valuable just to humans; it […]

Feb 12 2015

Building Sustainable Cities in Quebec: Ecofiscal opportunities for municipalities in the 21st century

by Chris Ragan

Livable Cities Technology and Innovation Water Air Pollution Carbon Pricing Congestion Pricing Provincial Policy Speeches Waste

On Tuesday, January 27th, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission held an event at the Faculty Club in Montreal with SWITCH: L’Alliance pour une économie verte au Québec. Below is Chris Ragan’s speech. Merci beaucoup Monsieur Simard. Bonjour à tous, et bienvenue a l’université McGill—ma maison intellectuelle. I’m so looking forward to today’s panel discussion. The issue is […]

An Open Letter from Economists on Canadian Carbon Pricing

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