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1. Carbon taxes take a beating—north and south

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, November 21, 2018 One hopes that Premier Notley and Prime Minister Trudeau have been watching events south of the border, where carbon taxes and wind/solar power advocates have taken major hits, and it’s clear Canada will go ...

2. The carbon taxman is coming

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, October 31, 2018 Last Week, Prime Minister Trudeau continued his fight against climate change with his escalating “pan-Canadian” carbon price, which will kick in at $20 per tonne in 2019 and rise by $10 per year to reach $50 ...

3. Minister McKenna wrong on carbon pricing and growth in Ontario

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, October 24, 2018 This week, the Trudeau government announced plans to impose a carbon tax on provinces (including Ontario) whose governments are not currently planning to implement a tax themselves. Prior to the announcement, ...

4. It’s time for Canada to reassess its climate policy

   The federal government recently unveiled its new national carbon pricing scheme, calling it a “backstop.” Under the backstop plan, provinces are given until 2018 to create their own carbon pricing system or Ottawa will impose its own. ...

5. Ontario climate change strategy—a Frankenstein monster

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, August 27, 2016 A recent opinion column from a scholar at the left-leaning Brookings Institution in the United States observes (based on the vast laboratory that is California) that “cap-and-trade” is a flawed strategy for ...

6. Ontario’s climate action plan undermines case for cap and trade

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, May 18, 2016 Proponents of carbon taxes and cap and trade schemes often defend their position on the grounds that simply attaching a “price” to carbon is the most economically efficient way to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions ...

7. A tax grab cloaked in green

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, Calgary Sun, Edmonton Sun and Ottawa Sun With Alberta’s economy sinking rapidly, the new Alberta government has decided to throw the province a few new anchors. First, Premier Rachel Notley announced her plan to follow through ...

8. Ontario's 'carbon tax' offers no benefit

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun With a call-for-comments, Ontario released its Climate Change Discussion Paper on Feb. 12. The plan is essentially a laundry list of public policies that have been sought by environmentalists and allies for decades: smart ...