carbon taxes

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Carbon leakage—the Whac-A-Mole effect

A $50 per tonne carbon tax is not enough to significantly change consumer behaviour such as gasoline consumption.


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Canada’s carbon tax hampers key industries, may spur ‘carbon leakage’

Canadians will pay a price for our reduced competitiveness—in the form of lower employment and/or investment.


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Despite court victories, carbon pricing hardly out of the woods

The federal carbon tax imposes a levy on sales of most combustible fuels.


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Uncompetitive polices continue to hammer Canada’s energy sector

Ottawa’s federal carbon tax came into effect earlier this year at $20 per tonne.


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Our eighth-best carbon policies

Ottawa has layered its carbon tax on top of many existing supports for other forms of energy.


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Canada’s flawed carbon pricing

No government in Canada has adopted or long-maintained a genuinely revenue neutral carbon tax.


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Carbon pricing in Canada—myth and reality

The Trudeau government plans to apply a range of new regulations.


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Electricity consumers (you and me) pay for misguided policies that distort energy markets

Coal-fired generators have raised their prices by 1.9 cents per kilowatt hour.