February 20, 2015

The Conference Board is pleased to host a live webinar on Friday, February 20, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. ET that will examine practical fiscal solutions for Canada, featuring Chris Ragan, Chair of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission. Glen Hodgson, Chief Economist with the Conference Board will moderate the session.

January 27, 2015

Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission and SWITCH, l’Alliance pour une économie verte au Québec, invite you to a roundtable on Tuesday, January 27 in Montreal, about the role that ecofiscal policies can play in building sustainable cities in Quebec.

January 14, 2015

A policy dialogue session in Winnipeg, Manitoba on the New Provincial Climate Change and Green Economy Plan: Reducing Emissions, Enhancing our Resilience to Climate Change and Building a Green Economy. Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission’s Research Director, Dale Beugin, is one of the presenters.

November 13, 2014

Canada lags many of its peers in innovation and productivity growth and also in environmental protection. The existing debate in Canada suggests that we can’t do better along both dimensions at the same time – and that we need to choose between a strong economy and a healthy environment. But this is a false choice, and fails to recognize the close long-run interdependence of our economic activity and our natural assets. It also fails to recognize the full range of policy tools at our disposal.