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1. Canada’s climate policy mess is hardly ‘cost-effective’

   In another example of carbon-pricing confusion, the C.D. Howe Institute recently published a report, which describes the federal carbon-pricing plan as “cost-effective”—while at the same time, noting evidence that the overall policy mix ...

2. Ontario’s manufacturing sector falling behind other provinces, U.S. states

   The manufacturing sector in Ontario, as in other industrialized economies, has faced many challenges over the past few decades as a result of rising competition from emerging markets. There has been a dramatic global shift in production ...

3. Economists Olewiler and Kesselman get the economics wrong on B.C.’s carbon tax

   In recent Vancouver Sun column, Simon Fraser University economists Nancy Olewiler and Rhys Kesselman dispute an earlier column by three Fraser Institute economists (Kenneth Green, Elmira Aliakbari and Ashley Stedman), which criticized ...

4. Ontarians need real reforms that will actually reduce electricity prices

   Those smart thermostats won't be free—taxpayers will foot the bill. ...

5. Conference Board report misrepresents Canada’s air quality

   The Conference Board of Canada last year released a report that compared environmental performance for 16 high-income countries including Canada. Surprisingly, we ranked at or near the bottom on most of the nine indicators assessed. Air ...

6. Ontario coal phase-out did not end ’smog days’

   Jennifer Keesmaat, chief planner for the City of Toronto, has been tweeting about how phasing out coal in Ontario has made “smog days” a thing of the past. She also credits the coal phase-out with enabling Toronto to meet its city ...

7. Ontario environmental policy—excessive costs, little environmental benefits

   In a recent news release, the government of Ontario recognized “outstanding achievements in environmental protection” by announcing the recipients of the 2016 Minister’s Award for Environmental Excellence. Since 2011, the award has been ...

8. Canada’s air quality dramatically improved despite increased energy use

   In recent decades, Canada has experienced something many environmentalists thought couldn’t happen—strong economic growth and large reductions in pollution. This is a good news story that deserves telling, and a recent Fraser Institute ...