May 24, 2019 | Conservative leader Andrew Scheer revived the idea of a coast-to-coast energy corridor, a policy that has picked up interest in recent years.听Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, comments on this policy. He warns that, given the difficulty of securing approval for energy infrastructure in Canada, "the country will want to find ways to get through tough approval processes to run more east-west energy grids".听
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Published on: 24 May 2019
April听5, 2019 | With the federal carbon tax coming in听to the four provinces in Canada, how will it affect small businesses?听Is the carbon tax constitutional?听 Chris Ragan, economist and director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy debunks certain myths surrounding the federal carbon tax on Financial Post.
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Published on: 10 Apr 2019
April听1, 2019 |听Chris Ragan, Director of Max Bell School of Public Policy, joined CBC News Power and Politics, to discuss听the federal carbon tax.听"Carbon pricing is the lowest-cost method that we can use to combat climate change" argues Chris Ragan.
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Published on: 5 Apr 2019
March听29, 2019 | "Meeting Canada鈥檚 climate targets in a way that is best for our economic prosperity requires broad policy that creates consistent incentives across all emissions in the economy, from individual households and small businesses to heavy industry. Output-based pricing must be a key part of that mix if Canada is to strike the right balance between pricing emissions and protecting competitiveness," says Chris Ragan, chair of听Canada's Ecofiscal Commission and director of Max Bell School of Public Policy.听
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Published on: 5 Apr 2019
March听18, 2019 |听Prior听to听Canada鈥檚 next election,听Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers his fourth and final budget. After surveying over听a dozen economists to take stock of the government鈥檚 record on economic policy, Bloomberg has highlighted some key aspects in the policy.听The question is 鈥渢o what extent is Canada a place where you can come in and do reasonably risky big natural resource related projects,鈥� said Chris Ragan, director of 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Max Bell School of Public Policy. 鈥淭he answer is increasingly 鈥榙on鈥檛 come here.鈥欌��
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Published on: 5 Apr 2019
March听19, 2019 | Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School, shares his thoughts with听Neil Macdonald, a columnist at CBC Opinion, regarding government debt and the upcoming "fiscal squeeze" as the Canadian population ages. "The Trudeau government's spending has been scattershot and political, rather than strategic; reversing Stepen Harper's decision to raise the retirement age was foolish" says Chris Ragan.
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Published on: 4 Apr 2019
April听1, 2019 | Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, Christopher Ragan, sat down with Don Martin on Power Play听to speak about the Federal Carbon Tax.
"We respond to price changes, but we don't necessarily respond overnight," said Chris Ragan about the carbon tax. "This is a policy and a problem that we need solve over several decades, and this is just the beginning."
Interview starts around 08:40 minute mark.听
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Published on: 4 Apr 2019
鈥淎nalysts forecast U.S. consumer price inflation, to be released on Wednesday, to have slowed to 1.9 percent in January from a year earlier, while the core measure is seen ticking down to 1.7 percent鈥� An above-forecast figure could well spark a fresh selloff in stocks and bonds. Central bankers have not exhibited much concern over the equity rout, indicating they intend to push on with plans to tighten monetary policy this year.鈥� ()
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Published on: 13 Feb 2018
鈥淔or months the consensus has been that interest rates in Canada would remain stable right into 2018. Now Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz and his colleagues are dropping broad hints that the central bank will move a lot sooner, perhaps as early as next Wednesday鈥檚 meeting.鈥� ()
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Published on: 11 Jul 2017
芦听Alberta will soon have an economy-wide carbon price. Over time, it will reduce the province鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions and drive the innovation and cost reductions crucial for the future prosperity of the oil and gas sector.听禄听Op-ed coauthored by Chris Ragan, associate professor of economics at 9I制作厂免费.听
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Published on: 31 Oct 2016
The Canadian dollar has dropped below the 70-cent US level for the first time since May 2003 yesterday. It's still worth below 70-cent today. (Source: and )
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Published on: 13 Jan 2016
The U.S. central bank began raising interest rates Dec. 16 from record lows, as it hiked its benchmark rate by a quarter of a percentage point. (Source: )
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鈥淚ncreases in the policy interest rate in the United States will reflect the data showing that the U.S.
Economy is really strengthening, after years of a sluggish recovery.
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Published on: 16 Dec 2015
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Published on: 29 Jan 2015
Montreal Gazette | Jan 25, 2015
BY: Rene Bruemmer
The Canadian committee of economists headed by 9I制作厂免费 economics professor Chris Ragan, are looking at ways Canada can follow the lead of other countries and start taxing pollution instead of jobs and profits, without hurting taxpayers or Canadian firms鈥� ability to compete internationally.
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Published on: 30 Nov 2014
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