2019 ANNUAL REPORT

It’s also the tool Ecofiscal’s stream of reports, blog posts, videos The Ecofiscal Commission believes that some that puts the most control in the hands of individuals.”and Twitter feeds has been a major influence on frank talk from all political parties about the true the media and government policymakers, and costs and benefits of their plans will help voters to on the outcome of elections provi. [...] Terence Corcoran, Financial Post ” David Aiken, Global News 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 4 5 DEFENDING CARBON PRICING IN COURT LESSONS LEARNED Over the past five years, the Ecofiscal Commission has shaped In 2019, both the Ontario and Saskatchewan governments took the federal government to court to contest the legality discussions and influenced policies on pollution pricing across the of its carbon pricing. [...] The The costs of Canada’s climate policies have real implications for • broadening the coverage of climate policies while avoiding The following list emerged from internal conversations, a behaviour change spurred by this research will be jobs, standards of living and the country’s economic prospects. [...] Relying on carbon pricing to meet Canada’s target requires steadily • coordinating individual policies to provide a consistent School of Public Policy in November and a case study on the ”The Honourable John Godfrey, increasing the carbon price by roughly $20/tonne every year from incentive across the entire economy to reduce carbon Commission currently being developed by the Institute for Former. [...] a unique and influential role, complementing think tanks and by rebates — the Trudeau way — is the most • Practical focus: Although our commissioners brought schools of public policy and providing a model that can be transparent and the least costly for the economy unimpeachable academic credentials, this was not an ivory adapted more broadly.