With the final report of Canada鈥檚聽Ecofiscal Commission聽out and its clear support for carbon pricing 鈥� most notably, a 40-cent tax hike on a litre of gas over the next decade 鈥� making headlines,聽Christopher Ragan, commission chairman, can鈥檛 help thinking about how the now concluded six-year project got its start. Like most origin stories, it began at a low point 鈥� at least for Ragan.
January 27, 2020 | 91黑料网 economist Chris Ragan, Chair of Canada's Ecofiscal Commission, and Director of the Max Bell School, explains the think tank's聽final report exploring Canada's聽options for reducing聽its greenhouse gas emissions.
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Published on: 11 Feb 2020
November 27, 2019 | Max Bell School Director Chris Ragan discusses the聽Ecofiscal Commission's final report on how Canada can meet its 2030 emissions goals with a carbon pricing policy.
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Published on: 28 Nov 2019
November 27, 2019 | In this opinion piece, it is argued how聽an escalating carbon price over the years accompanied by rebates, as shown by Chris Ragan,聽is the most transparent and the least costly for the economy and taxpayers.
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Published on: 28 Nov 2019
November 27, 2019 | Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School says quadrupling Canada's carbon price by 2030 is the easiest and most cost-effective way for the country to meet its climate targets.
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Published on: 28 Nov 2019
August 12, 2019 | In this piece, Christopher Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, argues that economists know the more we lean on carbon pricing, the better off our economy will be. He draws on the experience of Sweden's carbon tax and the U.S efforts to reduce acid rain by taxing sulfur-dioxide producing plants. Instead of opting for intrusive and complex policies to fight climate change, Ragan argues that Canada should create economic incentives that give households and businesses the freedom to respond to the market how they see fit.聽
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Published on: 12 Aug 2019
June 24, 2019 | Climate change affects many aspects of people's lives. As it is a common source of worry to doctors and economists alike, the proposed solutions to聽climate change are numerous.聽Chris Ragan, director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy and聽Courtney Howard, clinical associate professor at the Cumming School of Medicine (University of Calgary) argue that carbon pricing is the right solution. This piece connects the dots between health outcomes and worsening climate crisis, while exposing its societal financial costs.聽
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Published on: 15 Jul 2019
June 30, 2019 |聽For doctors across Canada, the evidence at the bedside is increasingly hard to ignore: climate change poses a serious health risk. Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, adds that "Economics has a very clear prescription for these challenges: carbon pricing.聽In the same way that penicillin treats an infection, carbon pricing can help fight climate change."聽
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Published on: 4 Jul 2019
May 24, 2019 | Conservative leader Andrew Scheer revived the idea of a coast-to-coast energy corridor, a policy that has picked up interest in recent years.聽Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, comments on this policy. He warns that, given the difficulty of securing approval for energy infrastructure in Canada, "the country will want to find ways to get through tough approval processes to run more east-west energy grids".聽
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Published on: 24 May 2019
April聽5, 2019 | With the federal carbon tax coming in聽to the four provinces in Canada, how will it affect small businesses?聽Is the carbon tax constitutional?聽 Chris Ragan, economist and director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy debunks certain myths surrounding the federal carbon tax on Financial Post.
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Published on: 10 Apr 2019
April聽1, 2019 |聽Chris Ragan, Director of Max Bell School of Public Policy, joined CBC News Power and Politics, to discuss聽the federal carbon tax.聽"Carbon pricing is the lowest-cost method that we can use to combat climate change" argues Chris Ragan.
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Published on: 5 Apr 2019
March聽29, 2019 | "Meeting Canada鈥檚 climate targets in a way that is best for our economic prosperity requires broad policy that creates consistent incentives across all emissions in the economy, from individual households and small businesses to heavy industry. Output-based pricing must be a key part of that mix if Canada is to strike the right balance between pricing emissions and protecting competitiveness," says Chris Ragan, chair of聽Canada's Ecofiscal Commission and director of Max Bell School of Public Policy.聽
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Published on: 5 Apr 2019
March聽18, 2019 |聽Prior聽to聽Canada鈥檚 next election,聽Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers his fourth and final budget. After surveying over聽a dozen economists to take stock of the government鈥檚 record on economic policy, Bloomberg has highlighted some key aspects in the policy.聽The question is 鈥渢o what extent is Canada a place where you can come in and do reasonably risky big natural resource related projects,鈥� said Chris Ragan, director of 91黑料网鈥檚 Max Bell School of Public Policy. 鈥淭he answer is increasingly 鈥榙on鈥檛 come here.鈥欌��
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Published on: 5 Apr 2019
March聽19, 2019 | Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School, shares his thoughts with聽Neil Macdonald, a columnist at CBC Opinion, regarding government debt and the upcoming "fiscal squeeze" as the Canadian population ages. "The Trudeau government's spending has been scattershot and political, rather than strategic; reversing Stepen Harper's decision to raise the retirement age was foolish" says Chris Ragan.
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Published on: 4 Apr 2019
April聽1, 2019 | Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, Christopher Ragan, sat down with Don Martin on Power Play聽to speak about the Federal Carbon Tax.
"We respond to price changes, but we don't necessarily respond overnight," said Chris Ragan about the carbon tax. "This is a policy and a problem that we need solve over several decades, and this is just the beginning."
Interview starts around 08:40 minute mark.聽
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Published on: 4 Apr 2019
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