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Quebec should scrap its cap-and-trade program
The carbon tax and the carbon market are ineffective.
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Le Québec doit renoncer à la bourse du carbone
The carbon tax and the carbon market are ineffective.
5-minute read
Gaz à effet de serre – Taxer le carbone de la bonne manière
The inefficiency of carbon pricing systems in Canada.
MEI – Carbon taxes require makeover – Germain Belzile
July 6, 2019 | 15 min. 14 sec. | Roy Green Show (Global News Radio) Interview with Germain Belzile, Senior Associate Researcher […]
MEI – Carbon Taxes: Are the policies of Ottawa and the provinces efficient? – Germain Belzile
July 4, 2019 | 18 min. 14 sec. | Danielle Smith (Global News Radio) Interview with Germain Belzile, Senior Associate Researcher at […]
MEI – Are carbon taxes policies efficient? – Germain Belzile
July 4, 2019 | 11 min. 45 sec. | The Geoff Currier Show (Global News Radio) Interview with Germain Belzile, Senior Associate […]
IEDM – Les défis de la taxe carbone – Germain Belzile
July 4, 2019 | 19 min. 25 sec. | Boulevard du Pacifique (Ici Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Germain Belzile, Senior Associate […]
IEDM – Rapport sur l’inefficacité de la taxe sur le carbone – Germain Belzile
July 4, 2019 | 12 min. 07 sec. | La croisée (Ici Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Germain Belzile, Senior Associate Researcher […]
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A carbon tax should replace other, less efficient policies
The inefficiency of carbon pricing systems in Canada.
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Carbon Taxes: Are the Policies of Ottawa and the Provinces Efficient?
Since the 1920s and the work of A.C. Pigou, economists have generally agreed that imposing a price on pollution emissions is the most efficient way to reduce those emissions while minimizing the drawbacks associated with interventions aiming to limit pollution. This way of doing things usually yields better results than regulation or other government interventions that do not rely on market mechanisms.