The author argues that the current carbon tax falls more heavily on items that poorer people use, which makes it a regressive tax. | Getty Images

How the carbon tax case falls apart

A leading Canadian economist says the case for carbon taxes is limited, with its proponents delivering more rhetoric than reality. In an interview, Steve Ambler, an economics professor at the University of Quebec at Montreal, gave an excellent analysis of one of Canada’s most controversial taxes. He disagrees with a Supreme Court verdict that called […] Read more