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1. Eco-group presents a few strawmen and two red herrings

   The Ecofiscal Commission, which pushes pollution pricing, recently released a report called “ 10 myths about carbon pricing in Canada,” which fails to live up to its title. For example, it claims that some people propagate the myth that ...

2. Carbon pricing in Canada—myth and reality

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, April 24, 2019 In recent eco-news, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission, a self-appointed group that pushes pollution-pricing (believing that such mechanisms are superior to regulatory approaches), recently released a report called ...

3. One good thing about the carbon tax

   Introducing a new tax is an unconventional way to kick off an election campaign. Perhaps understanding that, the federal government declines to call its new carbon tax a tax. It calls it a fuel charge instead. Or more precisely, a “ fuel ...

4. Federal carbon tax falls well short of textbook design

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, April 3, 2019 On Monday, April Fool’s Day, the federal carbon tax kicked in, in the four provinces that do not have their own carbon taxes—Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick. The federal carbon tax (technically ...

5. Concerns remain as federal carbon tax takes effect

   The federal government’s carbon tax comes into effect today in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick, the four provinces that refused to impose their own emissions pricing. The federal carbon tax will kick in at $20 a tonne ...

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 ...

7. Ford right to highlight economic damage of carbon taxes

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, February 7, 2019 Last week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said a carbon tax “will be a total economic disaster” and the “risk of a carbon-tax recession is very, very real.” Predictably, media outlets across the country blasted ...

8. Environmental Defence goes on the offence

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, January 23, 2019 In a refreshingly candid editorial by Joshua Buck, the Alberta climate manager for Environmental Defence, Buck validates what critics of Alberta’s climate change policies have said all along: Nothing Alberta ...

9. Carbon taxes—there are other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, December 12, 2018 Paris is burning. Rioters are running rampant on the Champs-Elysees and spraying graffiti on the Arc de Triomph. The initial conflagration has been attributed to high energy costs, made more expensive partly ...

10. Carbon taxes take a beating—north and south

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, November 21, 2018 One hopes that Premier Notley and Prime Minister Trudeau have been watching events south of the border, where carbon taxes and wind/solar power advocates have taken major hits, and it’s clear Canada will go ...