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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...