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  1. Report swings and misses at carbon price 'myths'

    In a previous blog post, I explored whether the “10 Myths about carbon pricing in Canada” recently published by the Ecofiscal Commission were really all that mythical. The previous post looked at myths one to five. This post will look at ...

  2. Government meddling and increased air pollution

    By eliminating road-pricing, Quebec reduced the cost of using an automobile and increased levels of air pollution. ...

  3. Time to rollback NDP’s onerous energy regulations

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, February 20, 2019 With the election of Premier Doug Ford, Ontario has embarked on a near-Trumpian crusade to cut red tape and lower tax burdens. In Alberta, Premier Rachel Notley has taken the province in the opposite ...

  4. Mayors hope to shake down energy companies

    Appeared in the Vancouver Province, January 16, 2019 The West Coast Environmental Law Society, an advocacy organization based in Vancouver, has persuaded a group of British Columbia mayors and city councillors to write threatening letters to major oil and ...

  5. Activist ‘wall’ thwarting oil exports to countries other than the U.S.

    Appeared in the Red Deer Express, November 23, 2018 President Trump of course wants to build a wall across the U.S. southern border. Progressives (and some conservatives) have largely stymied President Trump on getting his wall built. Ironically, however, ...

  6. Canada’s supply management system increases air pollution

    In the last few years, a growing number of scholars and activists have tied our meat consumption with climate change. The reason is simple—animals emit large quantities of greenhouse gases as a result of   enteric fermentation (i.e. ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Time to rollback NDP’s onerous energy regulations

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, July 25, 2018 Recently in Ontario, Premier Doug Ford summarily scrapped Ontario’s cap-and-trade program, which would have burdened Ontario companies with costly carbon accounting and sent millions of Ontario’s dollars to ...

  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. Canada’s Climate Action Plans: Are They Cost-effective?

    Four provinces in Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec) have promulgated “action plans” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These plans have several broad components. There is a carbon pricing component; there are assortments of energy ...