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The absurdity and injustice of now
I’m back from a short sabbatical, grateful for some time outside of my daily work and home life, feeling all big picture. But as I…
Investor alert: TSX over-valued due to a “carbon bubble”
Canada’s economic development model is on a collision course with the urgent need for global climate action. Worldwide, extreme weather events from drought to floods…
Are Canadian investors headed for a carbon cliff?
An oped based on my and Brock Ellis’ recent report, Canada’s Carbon Liabilities, was published in iPolitics (alas, behind a pay wall): Canada’s economic development model is on…
Climate justice and BC’s political moment
The following is based on a talk at the Bring Your Boomers election forum on April 3 at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver, the fourth in a…
Closing the Loop
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Creating Green Jobs Through Zero Waste in BC Attachments Closing the Loop: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Creating Green Jobs…
Carbon bubbles and fossil fuel divestment
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Canada’s Carbon Liabilities
The Implications of Stranded Fossil Fuel Assets for Financial Markets and Pension Funds Download 1.57 MB 58 pages This study looks at the implications of…
Budget 2013: Time for a real action plan, not another ad campaign
It’s hard to get excited about Thursday’s federal budget. All signs point to an “austerity” budget, even though that approach has failed so spectacularly wherever…
Fairness by Design
A Framework for Tax Reform in Canada Download 939.13 KB 44 pages This study finds that ad-hoc tax changes over the last two decades have…
The dubious case for casinos
I got way off my usual research agenda this morning for a business panel on CBC radio. The topic was the economics of casinos, the…
Marc’s Enbridge Testimony
Testimony to the Joint Review Panel on the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project By Marc Lee, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives January 16, 2013 My name is Marc…
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