Sustainable Prosperity commends the Government of British Columbia in its desire to build on its existing climate action measures to move closer to its long-‐term greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.
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This Issue Summary was written by Adam Baylin-Stern, based on a research paper titled, “Carbon Pricing and Mind the Hissing” by Marisa Beck and Randall Wigle.
This paper serves as the foundation for a two-year policy and research project titled “Linking Natural Capital and Productivity: A Strategy to Improve Canada’s Economic and Environmental Performance.”
Seven years ago, on July 1st, 2008, a new climate policy was born in British Columbia.
This paper reviews existing evidence on the effect of the tax on greenhouse emissions, the economy, and income distribution as well as provides new evidence on public perceptions of the tax.
