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The glass is half-full, but nobody wants to pay for it

In 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, 2017

The glass is half-full, but nobody wants to pay for it

Mar 22, 2017

Ecofiscal Commission

Smooth sailing: Distance-travelled charges offer a flexible policy tool to tackle traffic

The topics of congestion pricing and tolling are heating up in a number of Canadian jurisdictions, most recently in Nova Scotia. We are…

Mar 1, 2017

Mar 1, 2017

Ecofiscal Commission

Some like it HOT: High-occupancy toll lanes can be a piece of the congestion puzzle

Last 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, 2017

Feb 16, 2017

Ecofiscal Commission

Driving change: Carbon pricing and the transportation sector

North American transportation systems have been shaped by cheap and abundant fossil fuels, and so too have our travel habits. Unlike other…

Feb 2, 2017

Feb 2, 2017

Ecofiscal Commission

Seven things I learned while confronting Albertan scepticism by Brendan Frank

Over 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, 2017

Jan 18, 2017

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Could 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, 2016

Could Ontario and Quebec’s cap-and-trade get Trumped?

Dec 7, 2016

Ecofiscal Commission

Fishing for complements

Carbon 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, 2016

Nov 14, 2016

Ecofiscal Commission

TLDR: The skinny on Ecofiscal’s latest report about biofuel policies

The Ecofiscal Commission’s latest report, Course Correction, looks at the economic and environmental case for biofuel policies in Canada…

Oct 4, 2016

TLDR: The skinny on Ecofiscal’s latest report about biofuel policies

Oct 4, 2016

Ecofiscal Commission

The Beef with Beef

Beef 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, 2016

The Beef with Beef

Sep 7, 2016

Ecofiscal Commission

TLDR: Comparing Stringency of Carbon Pricing Policies

By Dale Beugin, Research Director, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission

Jul 27, 2016

TLDR: Comparing Stringency of Carbon Pricing Policies

Jul 27, 2016

Ecofiscal Commission

Ecofiscal Commission

Canada's #Ecofiscal Commission: practical fiscal solutions to spark the innovation for growing economic and environmental prosperity in Canada. Chair: @ctsragan

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