December 15, 2021 | Director听Christopher Ragan joins The Hill Times' The Hot Room podcast to explain how inflation works, whether the Trudeau government is to blame for rising prices, and the Bank of Canada's new-look plan to manage it.
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Published on: 16 Dec 2021
November 12, 2021 | Following a dialogue between The Hub and Max Bell School Director Chris Ragan, this article outlines the history of the Bank of Canada's agreement with the federal government leading up to the mandate's expiration in听January 2022.
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Published on: 15 Nov 2021
November 4, 2021 | Governments worldwide have run huge deficits to deal with COVID-19. Should we be about this ballooning debt, or do deficits not matter anymore? Max Bell School director Chris Ragan weighs in.
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Published on: 9 Nov 2021
October 21, 2021 | In this op-ed for Maclean's Max Bell School director Chris Ragan, Dale Beugin and Gord Lambert explain why ahead of COP26,听Alberta needs to prepare for the inevitability of a听low-carbon world.
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Published on: 22 Oct 2021
October 5, 2021 | With vaccination rates relatively high across the country, Canada has moved past the worst stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. That said, the crisis is by no means over, and many businesses haven't fully recovered. What, then, should the federal government do about the small business support programs it launched at the onset of the pandemic? Max Bell School director Chris Ragan recently shared his perspective.
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Published on: 7 Oct 2021
August 23, 2021 | When voters went to the polls in the recent federal election, climate change was front of mind for many. For the first time, all major parties had credible plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But how did听the plans stack up to each other? Max Bell School director Chris Ragan weighs in on this episode of The Current.
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Published on: 21 Sep 2021
September 12, 2021 | The 44th federal election campaign is over, and the Liberals have clung to their plurality of seats in the House of Commons, setting them up to form another minority government. Read about what they have promised to do to fight climate change during听their new mandate.
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Published on: 21 Sep 2021
August 31, 2021 | The NDP has pledged to close loopholes in Canada's carbon pricing regime that provide a discount to industrial polluters. Some economists, including Max Bell School director Chris Ragan, believe that such a policy change would cost Canada听jobs and lead to no reduction听in global greenhouse gas emissions.
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Published on: 1 Sep 2021
August 20, 2021 | The Bank of Canada's mandate renewal鈥攗sually a mundane and technical affair鈥攊s generating interest in the political sphere as Canadas 44th federal election gets underway. In this Globe and Mail article, Max Bell School director Chris Ragan听argues for careful consideration of all the mandate options on the table: from targeting GDP level, to adopting a dual mandate, to maintaining the status quo.听
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Published on: 26 Aug 2021
June 24, 2021 |听"We鈥檙e paying for climate change with our health." Co-written by Courtney Howard of the University of Calgary and Max Bell School director Chris Ragan, this article explains how the disruptive events caused by climate change are posing a climbing risk to our health and healthcare systems.听From wildfires and severe storms听to heat waves and poor-quality air, learn more about the environmental factors threatening our physical well-being.
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Published on: 8 Jul 2021
15 April, 2021听| In this panel conversation, Max Bell School director Chris Ragan shares his thoughts on the Conservative's newly revealed climate plan听in a conversation with the听Globe and Mail's Kelly Cryderman and political commentator Shakir Chambers.听
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Published on: 16 Apr 2021
March 27, 2021 | In this Globe and Mail article,听Max Bell School Director Chris Ragan weighs in on the Bank of Canada's role in听pandemic economic recovery, discussing monetary policy topics including quantitative easing and inflation risks.
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Published on: 9 Mar 2021
February 17, 2021 | Max Bell School Director Christopher Ragan and Carleton University economist Dave Sawyer penned this op-ed that takes a听critical look at the widespread economic and industry reforms needed to achieve Canada's goal of "net zero" greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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Published on: 17 Feb 2021
December 23, 2020听| In this episode of the Hot听Talk听podcast,听Max Bell School director听Chris Ragan comments on the federal government's newly announced plan to raise the price of carbon and implement other climate policies.
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Published on: 12 Jan 2021
In this article for The Line newsletter, Max Bell School Professor听Ken Boessenkool and Director Chris Ragan argue that the government should have more confidence in the newly increased carbon tax to do its job and resist the temptation to throw in all sorts of other popular, but expensive, policies as well.
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Published on: 12 Jan 2021
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