carbon taxes

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Ford right to highlight economic damage of carbon taxes
The PBO estimates the $50 per tonne federal carbon tax will reduce GDP by 0.45 per cent.

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Beware—stealthy carbon tax edges closer to reality

Ottawa boasts about carbon tax “efficiency” while ignoring fundamental principles of carbon taxation.


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Policymakers should heed lessons from Canada's carbon tax experiment

Canada’s federal carbon tax won’t replace any existing regulations.


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Governments could facilitate the use of natural gas to replace diesel fuel and gasoline.


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Carbon taxes take a beating—north and south

Washington State voters rejected a proposed US$15 per tonne carbon tax.


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Trudeau government carbon tax plan rife with problems

For carbon pricing to be efficient and economically benign, it must be emplaced in lieu of regulations.


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The climate threat is based on computerized models that grossly overstate warming.


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Minister McKenna wrong on carbon pricing and growth in Ontario

The Trudeau government plan relies on rebates to households instead of reductions in tax rates.


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Minister McKenna wrong on relationship between carbon taxes and growth

Minister McKenna is wrong to imply that policy action on emissions is a necessary condition for economic growth in Canada.


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Trudeau government carbon-pricing plan not in line with Nobel Prize-winning analysis

Federal plan adds more regulations to the mix—then sticks a carbon tax on top.