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1. Ottawa’s new ‘greener’ homes program will cost much more than it’s worth

   The program will likely mainly benefit middle- and upper-income households. ...

2. Trudeau government’s new climate target much more costly than Biden plan

   If Canada removed all fossil-fuel cars from the roads, emissions would only drop by 5 per cent. ...

3. On Earth Day, we should celebrate Canada’s environmental track record

   Per-capita solid waste disposal declined by 10 per cent between 2002 and 2018. ...

4. 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. ...

5. 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 ...

6. Trudeau government deals another blow to Newfoundland and Labrador

   Appeared in National Newswatch, October 8, 2020 Newfoundland and Labrador’s energy sector, already struggling from the downturn in world oil markets and the COVID recession, has taken another blow—this time directly from Ottawa. The Trudeau government ...

7. Ottawa introduces new rules for energy sector at worst possible time

   Last month, the Trudeau government released rules, part of the new federal regulatory process under Bill C-69, requiring certain projects including new mines, power plants, pipelines, airports, oil and gas projects, and railways to ...

8. 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 ...

9. Canada is an environmental leader, not a laggard

   Appeared in the National Post, April 20, 2018 Canadians have much to celebrate this Earth Day. According to a new study, despite misguided claims to the contrary, Canada has an excellent environmental record when compared to most of the world’s wealthiest ...

10. Ontario cap-and-trade—high cost, little environmental benefit

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, June 4, 2017 Recently, the Windsor region’s Chamber of Commerce joined other forces across Ontario to demand the province kill its cap-and-trade program due to concerns over the program’s potentially devastating economic ...