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B.C.’s budget—an opportunity to make the carbon tax revenue neutral again
Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2017 This week the B.C. government will release its budget, and if last week’s Throne Speech is any indication, tax cuts may be on the way. This is welcome news, since it’s an opportunity for the government to ...
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B.C.’s carbon tax not the ‘gold standard’ it’s made out to be
Appeared in the Financial Post, February 16, 2017 In a major announcement last year, the Trudeau government imposed a policy that will require all provinces to put a price on carbon emissions by 2018. As governments in Canada and elsewhere pursue carbon ...
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Examining the Revenue Neutrality of British Columbia's Carbon Tax
British Columbia’s carbon tax is often praised as a model for other jurisdictions to follow, in part due to its alleged revenue neutrality. However, in the eight years since it was introduced, the offsetting tax measures used in the government’s revenue ...
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Who Could Object to a Carbon Tax?
Appeared in The Province, Huffington Post, and Okanagan Saturday, Dec 5, 2014 Carbon taxes are back on centre stage in Canada, after a new “bipartisan” Ecofiscal Commission came out in favour of the idea. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is also talking ...