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Opinion

climate policy
Oct 24 2016

Assessing our emerging pan-Canadian climate policy

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Climate and Energy

by Commissioners Paul Boothe, Mel Cappe, Don Drummond, Glen Hodgson, Richard Lipsey, Nancy Olewiler, France St-Hilaire and Christopher Ragan For almost three years, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission has been actively engaged in discussions about carbon pricing across the country. We have spoken with many governments, opposition parties, business groups and environmental organizations. Our emphasis has been […]

Alberta climate policy - carbon levy - climate change
May 31 2016

Alberta takes the lead with carbon pricing policy

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Climate and Energy

by Bev Dahlby, Jim Dinning and Chris Ragan Last week, Alberta introduced legislation to enable its new policy for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. At the core of the policy is an economy-wide carbon price that will generate revenues to be recycled back into the economy. The bottom line, at least based on what we know so […]

Ontario's new climate legislation
May 27 2016

The good news and the bad in Ontario’s new climate legislation

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Climate and Energy

You may be surprised to learn this, but economists are not the same as “normal” people. The main difference relates to how the two groups think about markets and prices. Most people, including elected politicians, don’t think much about the workings of markets and prices. This is a serious problem when it leads to the […]

British Columbia's carbon tax
May 12 2016

British Columbia’s carbon tax is an opportunity for Christy Clark

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Climate and Energy

The British Columbia government is planning to announce the next phase of its carbon tax some time in June, and it is coming under plenty of pressure. Environmental groups want the carbon tax to keep rising so the province can achieve its aggressive target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Parts of the business community are […]

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