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Oct 3 2017

Opinion: Carbon pricing can reduce GHG emissions and maintain healthy economic performance, but only if done right

by Chris Ragan, Dale Beugin and Stewart Elgie

Carbon pricing is coming to the Atlantic provinces. They are part of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change (PCF), which kicks in by 2018 and requires carbon pricing across the country. This is a good thing: a decade of experience in Canadian provinces shows that carbon pricing can reduce GHG emissions and […]

Sep 20 2017

A delicate (im)balance: policy interactions and the federal Clean Fuel Standard

by Jonathan Arnold

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Climate Change Complementary Policies Wonk Wednesday

Since releasing our report on complementary climate policies, we’ve written a lot about the importance of policy interactions and their implications for effectiveness and cost-effectiveness (see here and here). But one issue we haven’t yet discussed is how policy interactions can affect Canadian federalism. Interactions between provincial carbon pricing policies and federal non-pricing policies can […]

Sep 13 2017

Revisiting Albertan Scepticism

by Brendan Frank

Climate and Energy Technology and Innovation Alberta Carbon Pricing Revenue Recycling Wonk Wednesday

A lot has happened in Alberta since January 1. The economy is on the mend, provincial politics will never be the same and, yes, there’s a $20 carbon tax in place. Last Christmas, I went home to Calgary and wrote a blog about my conversations with carbon pricing skeptics. Over the summer, I flew back […]

Jul 12 2017

Backhanded complements, redux: complementary policies and linkage

by Dale Beugin

Climate and Energy Pollution Cap-and-trade Carbon Pricing Complementary Policies Wonk Wednesday

Lately on the Ecofiscal blog, we’ve gone on at length about designing complementary, non-pricing policies that support — and not undermine — carbon pricing. Our focus, as always, has been policies that reduce more emissions at lower cost. But pretty clearly, some governments are also implementing some relatively high-cost policies. Today, I want to […]

Jun 28 2017

Can subsidies for electric vehicles “boost the signal” from carbon pricing?

by Dale Beugin

Climate and Energy Technology and Innovation Carbon Pricing Clean-tech Complementary Policies Subsidies

Québec car buyers might have more than one reason to consider an electric vehicle (EV). For one, Québec’s cap-and-trade system increases the cost of gasoline. But the province also provides a cash rebate for going electric. Does that combination makes for good policy? Does Québec — or for that matter, any other province — need […]

Jun 14 2017

Policy interactions untangled: Carbon pricing and low-carbon fuel standards

by Jonathan Arnold

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Carbon tax Complementary Policies Wonk Wednesday

Canada will have a nationwide carbon price by 2018. As such, it’s time to think about how carbon pricing interacts with other, non-pricing climate policies. Ecofiscal’s latest report, considers how the right non-pricing policies can support carbon pricing in driving low-cost emissions reductions… but also how the wrong policies can undermine carbon pricing. In this blog, I […]

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