/maxbellschool/taxonomy/term/1589/all en /maxbellschool/channels/news/chris-ragan-carbon-tax-356592 <p>The Federal Government of Canada has increased the federal carbon tax from $65 a tonne to $80 as of April 1, 2024. Christopher Ragan joins several news outlets below sharing his expertise.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-carbon-pricing-has-become-our-national-dumpster-fire/">Opinion: Carbon pricing has become our national dumpster fire | The Globe and Mail</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.chch.com/carbon-tax-hike-kicks-in-across-canada/">Carbon tax hike kicks in across Canada | CHCH</a></p> Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:14:57 +0000 keith.baybayon@mcgill.ca 3159 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/economist-weighs-premiers-calls-pause-carbon-tax-hike-cbc-news-356214 <p>March 14, 2024 | A growing number of premiers are urging the federal government to pause the carbon tax hike that's set to take place on April 1, or to ditch it altogether. <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/christopher-ragan">Chris Ragan</a>, the director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy at ƻ����Ժ, joined Power & Politics to discuss the impact this could have on Canada's climate plan. "We're playing a long-run game," Ragan said. "It's very easy to say this is not a good time for a carbon tax ...</p> Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:30:11 +0000 victoria.weston@mcgill.ca 3150 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/price-carbon-right-tool-address-climate-change-iheartradio-356143 <p>March 13, 2024 | Is carbon pricing the most effective tool to address climate change issues? The news recording talked about the opposition to the climate tax rebate in recent years and the government's efforts to rebrand the tax and communicate its effectiveness to the public. <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/chris-ragan">Chris Ragan</a> was interviewed and stated that any policy will be costly to implement, but the rebate in carbon pricing gives the purchasing power back to the public. "You do not have to use the carbon price.</p> Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:11:50 +0000 keith.baybayon@mcgill.ca 3147 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/liberals-table-bill-ban-replacement-workers-federally-regulated-workplaces-cbc-news-352743 <p>November 9, 2023 | The federal government has announced carbon-tax exemptions for household heating and <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/chris-ragan">Chris Ragan</a> joined Power & Politics to talk about these exemptions. Chris Ragan has stated that carbon-tax exemptions might not be the way to energy affordability, usually because exemptions are often extended and there is no end to these exemptions due to political pressures. </p> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 21:54:45 +0000 kibel.aker@mcgill.ca 3108 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/chris-ragan-carbon-pricing-policy-changes-iheart-radio-352445 <p><a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/chris-ragan">Chris Ragan</a> joins Vassy Kapelos to weigh in on the Trudeau government's recent carbon tax carve-outs and shares on the current situation. </p> <p>" It will lead to further exemptions... that is probably inevitable." says Chris Ragan. </p> <p><a href="https://www.iheartradio.ca/580-cfra/audio-podcasts/vks-it-will-lead-to-further-exemptions-that-is-probably-inevitable-economist-on-carbon-pricing-policy-changes-1.20443428">Listen to the podcast.</a></p> Thu, 02 Nov 2023 19:38:14 +0000 kibel.aker@mcgill.ca 3098 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/carbon-pricing-exemptions-are-wrong-way-keep-energy-affordable-national-newswatch-352081 <p>October 17, 2023 | The federal government is under pressure to carve out exemptions to its carbon pricing system, particularly for rural home-heating fuel in Atlantic Canada. Keeping essentials like energy affordable is a serious concern, but carbon-pricing exemptions are the wrong solution.  </p> Tue, 17 Oct 2023 18:19:18 +0000 keith.baybayon@mcgill.ca 3089 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/inflation-cooling-politicians-turn-heat-address-canadas-affordability-crisis-globe-and-mail-351386 <p>September 16, 2023 | On September 6 the Bank of Canada decided to hold interest rates steady after two years of high inflation and 18 months of rising interest rates. The premiers of Ontario, British Columbia and Newfoundland and Labrador each wrote to the Bank of Canada urging it not to raise interest rates, following the critics from Justin Trudeau's caucus stating that the government has lost focus on affordability issues, especially regarding housing.</p> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:16:55 +0000 kibel.aker@mcgill.ca 3070 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/economics-lessons-will-pay-life-long-dividends-understand-how-any-marketplace-works-globe-and-mail-351059 <p>September 14, 2023 | In an opinion piece by David Parkinson he talks about the influx of students that are going to have their first serious exposure to economics in a university setting. He has interviewed Chris Ragan to discuss the value of learning more about economics. A key point from the conversation was that there is a fundamental misunderstanding surrounding economics where it's perceived to be all about money. Whereas it's more about scarcity and the decisions made to allocate limited resources. </p> Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:55:32 +0000 kibel.aker@mcgill.ca 3068 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/max-policy/excessive-cost-phasing-out-oil-gas-production Chris Ragan, Paul Rochon, and Mark Jaccard highlight the consequences of phasing out Canada's oil and gas production in the aims of achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Fri, 02 Jun 2023 17:20:28 +0000 Chris Ragan 3026 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/amidst-swirling-tide-new-ideas-canadas-economic-institutions-remain-bastions-orthodoxy-hub-348424 <p>May 23, 2023 | New and often radical ideas have emerged about how much governments can spend and how trade should be conducted following COVID-19 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.<a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/chris-ragan"> Chris Ragan </a>says most people at the Bank hold conventional views on how trade should be conducted, despite public discourse about concepts like Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). He has mentioned that he doubts that anyone in Finance or the Bank of Canada is taking MMT seriously</p> Tue, 23 May 2023 18:41:40 +0000 kibel.aker@mcgill.ca 3022 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/budget-watchdog-troubled-spin-around-latest-report-carbon-pricing-ctv-news-347659 <p>April 8, 2023 | Yves Giroux opened a political firestorm last week with a new report that concluded carbon price rebates are worth more than the direct cost of the carbon price for 80 per cent of families. The Conservatives, who have campaigned heavily on removing carbon pricing, claimed that the Liberals lied about the "sneaky carbon tax" when they said the rebate were more than the cost. </p> Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:15:40 +0000 kibel.aker@mcgill.ca 3006 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/event/should-canadians-worry-about-inflation-cure-worse-disease-345969 <p>Like many countries, Canada has experienced a sharp increase in consumer price inflation since mid-2021.</p> Wed, 08 Feb 2023 21:37:33 +0000 victoria.weston@mcgill.ca 2969 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/long-range-challenges-canadas-economy-news-forum-346096 <p>February 13, 2023 | Director <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/chris-ragan">Christopher Ragan </a>spoke to Tony Clement on his show Boom and Bust to highlight the challenges Canada is facing as the budget season is approaching. He touched upon the aging population and how the increasing rates of retirement presents some fiscal challenges including an increase for the budget for healthcare.</p> <p><a href="https://thenewsforum.ca/series/boom-and-bust/">Watch the interview. </a></p> <p> </p> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 18:49:52 +0000 kibel.aker@mcgill.ca 2977 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/63-low-income-canadians-worried-about-impact-inflation-food-housing-global-news-346087 <p>February 9, 2022 | A recent report by Statistics Canada has found that more than 63% of Canadians belonging to a low-income household are worried about the impacts of inflation on food, housing and other expenses. Director <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/chris-ragan">Chris Ragan </a>mentioned that the increase in prices hurt low-income households more. However according to Ragan, this is not solely due to inflation.</p> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:52:42 +0000 kibel.aker@mcgill.ca 2975 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/max-policy/fiscal-prudence Chris Ragan's suggestion for federal finance minister Chrystia Freeland is simple: Budget 2023 should contain a full chapter devoted to some of the fiscal challenges in our future, and why these should lead the federal government to begin some tough conversations with Canadians. Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:50:36 +0000 Chris Ragan 2967 at /maxbellschool