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1. Despite court ruling, Ottawa’s carbon tax remains fundamentally flawed

   The carbon tax will increase by $15 per tonne until it reaches $170 per tonne. ...

2. Carbon Pricing in High-Income OECD Countries

   Most economists consider human-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions an unintended negative externality of production and consumption. A negative externality occurs when the effects of producing or consuming goods and services impose costs on a third party ...

3. Despite court victories, carbon pricing hardly out of the woods

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, July 29, 2019 Ottawa’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act has scored significant wins in two provincial courts. But the constitutional hurdles are hardly behind it. The federal carbon tax and backstop legislation, now in ...

4. Report swings and misses at carbon price 'myths'

   In a previous blog post, I explored whether the “10 Myths about carbon pricing in Canada” recently published by the Ecofiscal Commission were really all that mythical. The previous post looked at myths one to five. This post will look at ...

5. Federal government’s carbon-pricing system violates basic tenets of efficient carbon pricing

   In a highly anticipated announcement, the federal government today revealed details of its carbon-pricing system, which will impose a federal carbon tax on provinces that have chosen to forego a provincial policy. The system violates ...

6. Canada’s Climate Action Plans: Are They Cost-effective?

   Four provinces in Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec) have promulgated “action plans” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These plans have several broad components. There is a carbon pricing component; there are assortments of energy ...

7. Carbon tax—flawed implementation across Canada

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, May 5, 2017 Governments across Canada—including Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia—have all implemented forms of carbon pricing. The federal government has also announced it will implement a carbon price “floor,” a ...

8. Poor Implementation Undermines Carbon Tax Efficiency in Canada

   Provinces across Canada have implemented some form of carbon pricing, either through carbon taxes or emission-trading schemes. These taxes are touted as being the most “efficient” way to control greenhouse gas emissions, yet be economically benign ...

9. Canada’s carbon sticker shock shouldn’t shock anyone

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, April 8, 2017 According to a recently revealed document, Environment Canada told Liberal government officials in 2015 that Canada would need a carbon tax of $200 to $300 per tonne of greenhouse gases emitted by 2050 to meet ...

10. Canada’s climate policy—we’ll (not) always have Paris

    The consequences of adopting extreme targets for reducing Canadian greenhouse gas emissions became somewhat clearer recently, as a secret memo from Environment Canada to Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna (pictured ...