Choosing the Right Target Postponed Until Fall 2020 - Exact Dates to Be Confirmed
Due to growing concerns over the COVID-19 virus, we regret to inform you that Choosing the Right Target: Real Options for the Bank of Canada's Mandate Renewal is postponed until fall 2020 (exact dates to be confirmed).
Christopher Ragan on climate change and how public policy can help reduce carbon emissions | McGill Reporter
March 9, 2020 | Christopher Ragan, the director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy and former chair of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission, sat down with the McGill Reporter to discuss the ways in which policy can impact climate change. In this interview, Ragan comments on resistance to decarbonization, current government initiatives, and the divestment movement.
Will Endless Economic Growth End Us? | The Agenda
February 24, 2020 | What are the consequences of endless economic expansion?
Let’s face the facts: To ensure our digital rights, we must hit pause on facial-recognition technology | The Globe and Mail
February 14, 2020 |Rapid advances in facial-recognition technology have the potential for vast social consequences. In response to the scale and speed of these developments and the clear potential for harm, a movement has emerged to ban facial recognition. In this op-ed, Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen and Nasma Ahmed call for the need to move ahead with caution and deliberation, highlighting the urgency for regulatory frameworks.
Informing the debate | McGill News
With the final report of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission out and its clear support for carbon pricing – most notably, a 40-cent tax hike on a litre of gas over the next decade – making headlines, Christopher Ragan, commission chairman, can’t help thinking about how the now concluded six-year project got its start. Like most origin stories, it began at a low point – at least for Ragan.
Meeting Canada's Greenhouse Gas Targets | TVO
January 27, 2020 | McGill University economist Chris Ragan, Chair of Canada's Ecofiscal Commission, and Director of the Max Bell School, explains the think tank's final report exploring Canada's options for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions.
Sciences, Publics, Politics: Lessons From Canada’s Climate Wars | Issues
When Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau took office in 2015 as Canada’s prime minister, a top priority was to establish Canada as a global leader on climate change. At the United Nations’ climate summit in Paris that year, Trudeau pledged to cut his country’s greenhouse gas emissions by 30% from 2005 levels by 2030. Four years later, having survived re-election but with a much-diminished political mandate, Trudeau’s climate ambitions have been severely curtailed.
Federal government warning of voter coercion, foreign election interference through private messaging services | CBC News
February 9, 2020| The federal government is worried about the risk of voter coercion and foreign election interference through private messaging services — a concern that could pit the right to privacy and free expression against Canada's election laws.
Taylor Owen on deepfakes | CBC The National
January 7, 2020 | There are serious concerns about how Facebook will police deepfake videos. Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen talks about why these sophisticated videos need editorial oversight.
Chris Ragan on carbon pricing | Power and Politics
November 27, 2019 | Max Bell School Director Chris Ragan discusses the Ecofiscal Commission's final report on how Canada can meet its 2030 emissions goals with a carbon pricing policy.
Watch the video here.
Here’s why you should like the federal carbon tax | The Star
November 27, 2019 | In this opinion piece, it is argued how an escalating carbon price over the years accompanied by rebates, as shown by Chris Ragan, is the most transparent and the least costly for the economy and taxpayers.
Read the full article here.
Hiking carbon tax to $210 cheapest way to hit climate targets: commission | CTV News
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.
Read the full article here.
Why Carbon Pricing Remains the Smartest Policy Tool | Policy Options
November 27, 2019 | Director of the Max Bell School Chris Ragan on why the time is right for a serious conversation about how best to bridge the gap between Canada’s current emissions and our 2030 target.
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Canada needs carbon tax of $210 a tonne by 2030 to meet Paris targets, report says | National Post
November 27, 2019 | The Ecofiscal Commission says Canada will either have to raise carbon prices to $210 per tonne or adopt more expensive policies funded by higher income taxes to meet its 2030 targets.
Read the full article here.
Canada should quadruple carbon tax to meet 2030 targets, commission says | The Globe and Mail
November 27, 2019 | The Ecofiscal Commission's latest report says that if Canada were to meet its 2030 targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions through carbon pricing, it must more than quadruple its carbon tax and rebate the revenues to consumers.
Read the full article here.
