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The Carbon Market: Chasing Away Jobs and Capital without Reducing GHGs
A carbon market, like a carbon tax, aims to modify behaviours in order to reduce GHG emissions by setting a price for them. Although such mechanisms are regularly mentioned in the news, their economic consequences are less often discussed, to say nothing of their effectiveness. Does imposing a price on carbon always reduce emissions, or does it instead displace them, along with the accompanying economic activity? In the two scenarios examined here, the effect on GHG emissions would be negligible, but the economic impact would be significant.
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La Caisse de dépôt et les hydrocarbures – De la bonne conscience qui pourrait coûter cher
The investments of the Caisse de depot et placement in the oil sector.
4-minute read
A carbon tax – on two conditions only
Opposition to carbon taxation is growing.
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Les deux conditions de la taxe carbone
Opposition to carbon taxation is growing.
4-minute read
Doit-on encore subventionner l’auto électrique? Le temps de « tirer la plogue »
Subsidies for electric vehicles.
5-minute read
Trans Mountain : quand deux provinces entrent en guerre
The Trans Mountain project involved in a trade dispute.
4-minute read
Trans Mountain pipeline — A trade war that benefits no one
The Trans Mountain project involved in a trade dispute.
4-minute read
Gaz à effet de serre : l’échec prévisible du Québec
The ambitious goal of reducing Québec’s greenhouse gas emissions.
IEDM – Exploitation des hydrocarbures – Germain Belzile
Interview (in French) with Germain Belzile, Senior Associate Researcher at the MEI, on Quebec farmers wanting to defend the value of their land. Broadcast on December 15, 2017, on LCN’s Mario Dumont.
IEDM – Les appels au boycott contre les pétrolières fonctionnent-ils? – Germain Belzile
November 28, 2017 | 11 min. 17 sec. | Bouchard en parle (FM93) Interview (in French) with Germain Belzile, Senior Associate Researcher […]