/maxbellschool/taxonomy/term/1795/all en /maxbellschool/channels/news/ottawa-deserves-better-politico-337812 <p>February 17, 2022 | In this edition of Politico's Ottawa Playbook, Max Bell School director <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/chris-ragan">Chris Ragan</a> comments on Canada's recent history of low levels of inflation.</p> <p><a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/ottawa-playbook/2022/02/17/ottawa-deserves-better-00009716">Read the article</a>.</p> Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:41:30 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2783 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/how-govern-new-digital-domain-project-syndicate-logo-325607 <p>October 20, 2020 | "Besides triggering the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, COVID-19 is also accelerating technological trends that were already well underway." Professor Taylor Owen, Director of the <a href="/maxbellschool/research/centre-media-technology-and-democracy">Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy</a> penned this op-ed with Oscar Jonsson, Academic Director of the Center for the Governance of Change at IE University.</p> Wed, 21 Oct 2020 18:23:23 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2195 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/current-tax-system-wont-pay-covid-recovery-policy-options-325186 <p>October 5, 2020 | Alex Himelfarb, Andrew Jackson, Brian Topp argue that a tax plan that includes progressive taxation and the creation of a sovereign wealth fund has the potential to improve lives post-pandemic.</p> <p>Click <a href="https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/october-2020/current-tax-system-wont-pay-for-covid-recovery/">here</a> to read the article.</p> <p><em>A partner at gt&co</em><em>, <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/brian-topp">Brian Topp</a> teaches a Policy Case study at the Max Bell School.</em></p> Tue, 06 Oct 2020 16:36:03 +0000 katrine.claassens@mail.mcgill.ca 2169 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/canada-should-quadruple-carbon-tax-meet-2030-targets-commission-says-globe-and-mail-302918 <p>November 27, 2019 | The Ecofiscal Commission's latest report says that if Canada were to meet its 2030 targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions through carbon pricing, it must more than quadruple its carbon tax and rebate the revenues to consumers.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-must-quadruple-carbon-tax-to-meet-2030-targets-commission-says/">Read the full article here. </a></p> Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:32:32 +0000 kunal.rakshit@mail.mcgill.ca 1674 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/hill-times-features-digital-democracy-project-300637 <p>August 29, 2019 | The latest data from the Digital Democracy Project suggests that while 17 per cent of respondents indicated the environment was a top election issue, on par with health care, and second to the economy at 20 per cent, support for reducing emissions through a carbon price is soft, even among left-leaning voters. </p> <p><a href="https://www.hilltimes.com/2019/08/29/widespread-opposition-to-carbon-price-even-among-left-leaning-voters-as-price-ticks-up-study-suggests/213118?fbclid=IwAR1Lyz3fZfHoqVDdv0eWk12wJyQfrvxNv4fLrnrXKbc3gN4dEI-KoHYXdrw">Read the article</a></p> Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:17:20 +0000 kunal.rakshit@mail.mcgill.ca 1581 at /maxbellschool