Carbon taxes do not curb emissions or help battle climate change: Philip Cross in The Star
High prices have not always proved the best way of promoting energy efficiency. Significant progress has been made using other ...
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Carbon tax entails high economic costs and uncertain benefits: Philip Cross for Inside Policy
There are fundamental flaws in the assumptions underlying a carbon tax, says Philip Cross. This post is based on his ...
Elites bungled their carbon-tax crusade because they don’t understand Canadians: Cross in the Financial Post
The campaign for the carbon tax bears a resemblance to that for the GST, writes Cross in the Financial Post. ...
Why a carbon tax will fail: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
An unwillingness to offset with lower taxes and an inability to get buy-in from all portions of the political spectrum ...
Why you can’t support a carbon tax if you want to raise the minimum wage: Brian Lee Crowley in iPolitics
Politicians like Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne who support a carbon tax and a minimum wage increase are caught in an ...
Ottawa’s carbon tax isn’t high enough to dramatically reduce emissions, Philip Cross tells CBC
Ottawa’s newly-announced carbon tax isn’t going to be substantive enough to cause Canadians to change their behaviour, Macdonald-Laurier Institute Munk ...
MLI report: Carbon tax win-win likely doomed to defeat
Economist Robert P. Murphy shows that the tax interaction effect and political realities would combine to defeat the widely promoted ...
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Unfortunately for Canadian consumers and creators, the Online Streaming Act is performing exactly as predicted: Peter Menzies in the Hub
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Mexican cartels are a direct threat to Canada’s public safety, and the future of North American trade: Gary J. Hale for Inside Policy
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Canadians are very unhappy with the federal public service—and for good reason: Tim Sargent in The Hub
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Canada is an energy superpower. It’s time to remind America and act like it: Heather Exner-Pirot in The Hub
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Will Justin Trudeau prorogue Parliament in the new year? History shows there’s little political cost to the practice: Dave Snow in The Hub
