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Chris Ragan on Canada's emission targets (Alberta-Ottawa memorandum) | The Hub

webfull — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:04:12 +0000

December 9, 2025 | Christopher Ragan, examines how well the Alberta-Ottawa memorandum of understanding balances pipeline development with environmental protection. He analyzes whether the deal, featuring carbon capture investment, enhanced industrial carbon pricing, and a new pipeline to Asian markets will help or hinder Canada's emission targets.

Read the interview summary here.

Published: 15 December 2025

Chris Ragan on Carbon Taxes | BNN Bloomberg

webfull — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:00:20 +0000

October 18, 2024 | A price on carbon is widely accepted by economists as an efficient way to measure the harm done by carbon and to encourage behavioural change, but is it the best route given that it comes with a real cost to consumers and the economy? Chris Ragan spoke about the carbon pricing in his conversation with Amanda Lang on BNN Bloomberg.

Published: 25 October 2024

Chris Ragan on Carbon Tax

webfull — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:14:57 +0000

The Federal Government of Canada has increased the federal carbon tax from $65 a tonne to $80 as of April 1, 2024. Christopher Ragan joins several news outlets below sharing his expertise.

Opinion: Carbon pricing has become our national dumpster fire | The Globe and Mail

Carbon tax hike kicks in across Canada | CHCH

Published: 3 April 2024

Economist weighs in on premiers' calls to pause carbon tax hike | CBC News

webfull — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:30:12 +0000

March 14, 2024 | A growing number of premiers are urging the federal government to pause the carbon tax hike that's set to take place on April 1, or to ditch it altogether. Chris Ragan, the director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy at 91��, joined Power & Politics to discuss the impact this could have on Canada's climate plan. "We're playing a long-run game," Ragan said. "It's very easy to say this is not a good time for a carbon tax ...

Published: 19 March 2024

Is a price on carbon the right tool to address climate change? | iHeartRadio

webfull — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:11:51 +0000

March 13, 2024 | Is carbon pricing the most effective tool to address climate change issues? The news recording talked about the opposition to the climate tax rebate in recent years and the government's efforts to rebrand the tax and communicate its effectiveness to the public. Chris Ragan was interviewed and stated that any policy will be costly to implement, but the rebate in carbon pricing gives the purchasing power back to the public. "You do not have to use the carbon price.

Published: 14 March 2024

Chris Ragan on carbon pricing policy changes | IHeart Radio

webfull — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 19:38:15 +0000

Chris Ragan joins Vassy Kapelos to weigh in on the Trudeau government's recent carbon tax carve-outs and shares on the current situation.

" It will lead to further exemptions... that is probably inevitable." says Chris Ragan.

Listen to the podcast.

Published: 2 November 2023

Budget watchdog troubled by spin around latest report on carbon pricing | CTV News

webfull — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:15:41 +0000

April 8, 2023 | Yves Giroux opened a political firestorm last week with a new report that concluded carbon price rebates are worth more than the direct cost of the carbon price for 80 per cent of families. The Conservatives, who have campaigned heavily on removing carbon pricing, claimed that the Liberals lied about the "sneaky carbon tax" when they said the rebate were more than the cost.

Published: 11 April 2023

A low-carbon world is coming Alberta | Maclean's

webfull — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:27:43 +0000

October 21, 2021 | In this op-ed for Maclean's Max Bell School director Chris Ragan, Dale Beugin and Gord Lambert explain why ahead of COP26, Alberta needs to prepare for the inevitability of a low-carbon world.

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Published: 22 October 2021

Chris Ragan on the Conservative's Climate Plan | CBC Power & Politics

webfull — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:01:17 +0000

15 April, 2021 | In this panel conversation, Max Bell School director Chris Ragan shares his thoughts on the Conservative's newly revealed climate plan in a conversation with the Globe and Mail's Kelly Cryderman and political commentator Shakir Chambers.

Watch the panel. The panel discussion starts at 1:20:41.

Published: 16 April 2021

The Liberals need to have faith that their carbon tax will do its job | The Line

webfull — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 14:37:43 +0000

In this article for The Line newsletter, Max Bell School Professor Ken Boessenkool and Director Chris Ragan argue that the government should have more confidence in the newly increased carbon tax to do its job and resist the temptation to throw in all sorts of other popular, but expensive, policies as well.