A cross-country "energy corridor" for Canada? | CTV News

Published: 24 May 2019

May 24, 2019 | Conservative leader Andrew Scheer revived the idea of a coast-to-coast energy corridor, a policy that has picked up interest in recent years. Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell...

Debunking carbon tax myths | Financial Post

Published: 10 April 2019

April 5, 2019 | With the federal carbon tax coming in to the four provinces in Canada, how will it affect small businesses? Is the carbon tax constitutional?  Chris Ragan, economist and director of...

Introduction of the Federal Carbon Tax | CBC Power & Politics

Published: 5 April 2019

April 1, 2019 | Chris Ragan, Director of Max Bell School of Public Policy, joined CBC News Power and Politics, to discuss the federal carbon tax. "Carbon pricing is the lowest-cost method that we...

There’s probably more consensus on output-based pricing than you think | Canada's Eco-fiscal Commission

Published: 5 April 2019

March 29, 2019 | "Meeting Canada’s climate targets in a way that is best for our economic prosperity requires broad policy that creates consistent incentives across all emissions in the economy,...

How Trudeau is faring economically ahead of pre-election budget | BNN Bloomberg

Published: 5 April 2019

March 18, 2019 | Prior to Canada’s next election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers his fourth and final budget. After surveying over a dozen economists to take stock of the government’s...

Debt is a vast, sucking field of muck, and we're all flailing to get out | CBC Opinion

Published: 4 April 2019

March 19, 2019 | Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School, shares his thoughts with Neil Macdonald, a columnist at CBC Opinion, regarding government debt and the upcoming "fiscal squeeze" as...

Federal carbon tax comes into effect | CTV Power Play

Published: 4 April 2019

April 1, 2019 | Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, Christopher Ragan, sat down with Don Martin on Power Play to speak about the Federal Carbon Tax....

Expert: Consumer-price inflation and U.S. monetary policy (Feb. 14, 2018)

Published: 13 February 2018

“Analysts forecast U.S. consumer price inflation, to be released on Wednesday, to have slowed to 1.9 percent in January from a year earlier, while the core measure is seen ticking down to 1.7...

Interest rates - Bank of Canada meeting (July 12, 2017)

Published: 11 July 2017

“For months the consensus has been that interest rates in Canada would remain stable right into 2018. Now Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz and his colleagues are dropping broad hints that the...

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