The impact of the carbon tax on taxpayers.

Openness to a new collaboration between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador.

The National Energy Board hearings on the Energy East pipeline project.

Oil exploration on Anticosti Island.

Embracing innovation to meet our environmental improvement goals.

The production of energy from renewable sources.

The impact of subsidies for the purchase of electric cars.

The development of hydrocarbon resources on Anticosti Island.

The public debates over pipelines have focused especially on their safety, on environmental risks, and on economic spinoffs. These are relevant questions, but they are often considered from a local point of view instead of from a pan-Canadian perspective. This Economic Note examines the four pipeline projects currently being studied and focuses on their economic impact for Canada as a whole by contrasting them with the effects of public infrastructure investment.

Comparing the benefits for the Canadian economy of private projects like pipelines versus public infrastructure spending.