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  1. Here’s what the Trudeau government won’t tell you about its $170 carbon tax

    Cutting emissions by 25 per cent would impose a permanent cost of about 2.0 per cent of GDP. ...

  2. Estimated Impacts of a $170 Carbon Tax in Canada

    The federal government’s Healthy Environment and Healthy Economy (HEHE) plan includes a $170-per-tonne carbon tax to be phased in over 9 years. Unlike previous cases when the government proposed major policy changes, it has not released any quantitative ...

  3. If carbon taxes work, why all the new regulations?

    Appeared in the National Post, October 7, 2020 Many economists were excited a few years ago when the federal Liberals committed to introducing a carbon tax. Whether they were specialists in environmental economics or not, they knew from their introductory ...

  4. Canada’s carbon tax hampers key industries, may spur ‘carbon leakage’

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald, August 22, 2019 With Canada’s carbon tax set to reach $50 per tonne in 2022, many Canadian industries are bracing for potential cost increases. Not only will they pay the tax on their own emissions, but they’ll pay higher ...

  5. The Impact of the Federal Carbon Tax on the Competitiveness of Canadian Industries

    With Canada’s federal carbon tax set to reach $50 per tonne in 2022 it is often argued that Canadian businesses will become less competitive as a result of higher energy costs. For this reason, firms may relocate to countries where climate-change policies ...

  6. Trudeau government carbon-pricing plan not in line with Nobel Prize-winning analysis

    Appeared in the National Post, October 16, 2018 Earlier this month, Yale economist William Nordhaus won the Nobel Prize in Economics (alongside New York University economist Paul Romer) for developing a class of economic tools called “Integrated ...

  7. The Magic Carbon Dividend Plan—yes, it’s too good to be true

    Appeared in the National Newswatch, October 4, 2018 Will households be better off under a carbon tax-and-dividend plan? A recent report from Canadians for Clean Prosperity, a pro-carbon pricing advocacy group, claims they will, based on an analysis by ...