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1. Ottawa’s climate plan ignores the science

   The prime minister supports a carbon tax that will max out at $170 per tonne in 2030. ...

2. Federal payout to steel plant exposes carbon tax flaw

   The Trudeau government recently announced a federal grant of up $420 million to Algoma Steel. ...

3. New Trudeau carbon tax plan smashes original ceiling—and original promises

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, January 13, 2021 In theory, a properly designed carbon tax is an efficient way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Yet two recent announcements illustrate the dangers in trusting government to implement a carbon tax. The ...

4. Alberta carbon tax—just bad economics

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, December 18, 2019 As the Kenney government begins its constitutional challenge to Ottawa’s carbon tax on consumers, both the provincial and federal governments agree on Alberta’s new carbon tax on large industrial emitters. ...

5. Case for aggressive ‘climate’ policies much weaker than we’ve been led to believe

   Some computer models predict catastrophic results, other projections are much more benign. ...

6. Carbon Pricing in Alberta

   One of the most important tax policy debates in Canada and Alberta specifically concerns “carbon pricing”, that is, the government’s imposition of an extra cost on activities that release carbon dioxide. Two common mechanisms of carbon pricing are a cap ...