Ecofiscal CommissionThe glass is half-full, but nobody wants to pay for itIn the spirit of water week, the Royal Bank of Canada released its annual water survey as part of its Blue Water Project. The survey makes…Mar 22, 2017Mar 22, 2017
Ecofiscal CommissionSmooth sailing: Distance-travelled charges offer a flexible policy tool to tackle trafficThe topics of congestion pricing and tolling are heating up in a number of Canadian jurisdictions, most recently in Nova Scotia. We are…Mar 1, 2017Mar 1, 2017
Ecofiscal CommissionSome like it HOT: High-occupancy toll lanes can be a piece of the congestion puzzleLast month, Toronto’s plan to implement road tolls on two of its major roads were rejected by the provincial government. It’s not back to…Feb 16, 2017Feb 16, 2017
Ecofiscal CommissionDriving change: Carbon pricing and the transportation sectorNorth American transportation systems have been shaped by cheap and abundant fossil fuels, and so too have our travel habits. Unlike other…Feb 2, 2017Feb 2, 2017
Ecofiscal CommissionSeven things I learned while confronting Albertan scepticism by Brendan FrankOver the holidays, I flew home to Calgary to visit friends and family, enjoy the mountains, and… talk about carbon pricing. I stepped out…Jan 18, 2017Jan 18, 2017
Ecofiscal CommissionCould Ontario and Quebec’s cap-and-trade get Trumped?The election of Donald Trump has provoked deep concern in climate policy circles. Reince Priebus, Trump’s White House chief of staff…Dec 7, 2016Dec 7, 2016
Ecofiscal CommissionFishing for complementsCarbon pricing isn’t the only tool in the climate policy tool kit. Yet not all policies that reduce GHG emissions do so cost-effectively…Nov 14, 2016Nov 14, 2016
Ecofiscal CommissionTLDR: The skinny on Ecofiscal’s latest report about biofuel policiesThe Ecofiscal Commission’s latest report, Course Correction, looks at the economic and environmental case for biofuel policies in Canada…Oct 4, 2016Oct 4, 2016
Ecofiscal CommissionThe Beef with BeefBeef often gets a pretty hard time when it comes to its environmental impact. In this blog, we take a look at why that is, and what we…Sep 7, 2016Sep 7, 2016
Ecofiscal CommissionTLDR: Comparing Stringency of Carbon Pricing PoliciesBy Dale Beugin, Research Director, Canada’s Ecofiscal CommissionJul 27, 2016Jul 27, 2016