Must we block development projects in order to protect at-risk species?

Withdrawing from the cap-and-trade program will not be complicated.

Imposing a price on carbon through cap-and-trade will have a negligible effect on GHG emissions.

Imposing a price on carbon through cap-and-trade will have a negligible effect on GHG emissions.

Imposing a price on carbon through cap-and-trade will have a negligible effect on GHG emissions.

June 13, 2018 | 12 min. 20 sec. | L’heure de pointe – Toronto (Ici Radio-Canada Toronto) Interview (in French) with Germain […]

June 13, 2018 | 14 min. 50 sec. | Midi Pile (Radio X Saguenay) Interview (in French) with Germain Belzile, Senior Associate […]

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.

May 29, 2018 | 11 min. 39 sec. | Midi Pile (CKYK-FM) Interview (in French) with Alexandre Moreau, Public Policy Analyst at […]

Measures taken by the provinces to protect the woodland caribou habitat.