January 5, 2026 | Chris Ragan recently spoke to CBC about comments made by Parliamentary Budget Officer Jason Jacques. Following Jacques’ controversial remarks on the "shocking" state of Canada’s...
April 1, 2025 | Chris Ragan, explained that the end of carbon tax and how it will be affect Canadians in an news article at CBC. Ragan says the drop in prices could be more gradual, though he...
March 18, 2025 | Chris Ragan spoke on how removing carbon tax would be detrimental for Canada, in an interview published by The Globe and Mail. “The consumer carbon tax is not working, it’s become...
February 20, 2025 | Mark Carney, an economist and former Governor of the Bank of Canada plans to balance Canada’s budget by separating capital and operating expenses has drawn support from some...
Nov. 13, 2024 | Chris Ragan was on a panel at the 2024 Calgary Productivity Summit entitled "Canada's Productivity Challenge: Why It Matters". The two-day event included perspectives from notable...
October 18, 2024 | A price on carbon is widely accepted by economists as an efficient way to measure the harm done by carbon and to encourage behavioural change, but is it the best route given that...
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will present the next budget in the House of Commons on April 16, with the government facing considerable political pressure over the economy. Ms. Freeland says...
January 10, 2023 | Professor Christopher Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy spoke at the Global Risk Institute webinar and said it's "very unlikely" that the Bank of Canada has...
January 4 2023 | Professor Christopher Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy shares his thoughts on the state the of the Canadian economy and the health care crisis as it stands...