Working on climate policy. Former legislative intern. U of T grad in energy systems engineering and econ. Opinions = mine.
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13 Mar 2025
It’s one thing for CBOC and Deloitte to do a bad job when the draft regs weren’t even out yet, but the PBO needs hold itself to a higher standard. Publishing analysis of GHG mitigation policies assuming zero GHG mitigation is available is just ridiculous. What’s the point?
12 Mar 2025
Did the PBO actually do an analysis of the oil and gas cap assuming that a) the only way to reduce emissions in response to new policy was to reduce production; and b) that because pathways hasn't decided on an investment, that no ccus would happen in their analysis? Good grief.
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13 Mar 2025
We need honest dialogue about what it will cost to meet Canada’s GHG targets. Nobody is saying the cost of technology to avoid emissions is zero, or cheap. But the idea that zero tech is available, and the ONLY option is to shutter production should not be viewed as credible.
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Sam Harrison retweeted
10 Mar 2025
There's a much better way to use this trade war weapon.
policyschool.ca/wp-content/u…
10 Mar 2025
If this happens -- and it's a big IF -- Canada should impose an export tax equivalent to the US tariff on Canadian goods until the latter is removed.
They're telling us where their pain point is. Let's use it.
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13 Sep 2024
New from @enviroeconomics , Jotham, and me: estimates of all-in costs to households from Canadian carbon pricing! and comparisons to the PBO and ECCC.
climateinstitute.ca/industri…
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13 Sep 2024
Credible modeling matters, and can help policymakers and the public avoid unreasonable expectations about costs – either too high or too low – of taking action on climate change, and the policies we currently have in place to do so. We hope this op-ed contributes to that.
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13 Sep 2024
If anyone has questions, feel free to tweet me, or send me an email/text :)
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16 Apr 2024
Neat to be flipping through the federal budget and come across a callout box and figure citing your work. Congrats @ClimateInstit @enviroeconomics on the the ongoing high-impact of this report.
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10 Nov 2023
New blog from the awesome @enviroeconomics & @dalebeugin on the effect of carbon pricing carve-outs on affordability and emissions, with modeling from @NaviusResearch. Some key findings:
climateinstitute.ca/removing…
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10 Nov 2023
4. Here's the chart that was supposed to be attached to tweet #3.
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10 Nov 2023
5. Hopefully this will advance the debate on the fuel charge. It's not intuitive for most people that a tax could improve low-income families' real income - cutting the tax also cuts rebates, and for many households, this loss of income would be bigger than the savings on fuel.
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Sam Harrison retweeted
28 Oct 2023
Thanks Blake. Perhaps I'm like the guy in Monty Python saying "it's only a flesh wound!", while it's clear to everyone else it is something much more.
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