Alternatives Journal: Call for Submissions
A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY *Submissions due March 23, 2009* If we look upstream for the ultimate cause of the economic … Continue reading Alternatives Journal: Call for Submissions
Category: Business and Economics
Ethipedia’s Guide for Green Investing
February 16, 2009 – Ethipedia has released a very helpful guide for ethical investing – just in time for RRSP … Continue reading Ethipedia’s Guide for Green Investing
Canada needs a green stimulus plan
The following is an article from the David Suzuki Foundation and originally published in the Toronto Star: By Stewart Elgie, … Continue reading Canada needs a green stimulus plan
Environmental jobs site WorkCabin.ca celebrates first full year
The first year is always a milestone and that’s what WorkCabin.ca is celebrating. Thanks to support from within the environmental … Continue reading Environmental jobs site WorkCabin.ca celebrates first full year
Environmental groups join to endorse ‘green’ actions for big economic benefits
Press release from Environmental Defence: Toronto – Thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in investments could be leveraged by … Continue reading Environmental groups join to endorse ‘green’ actions for big economic benefits
Buyer Be Good
by Sandra Odendahl Can you really save the planet by buying stuff?IT SEEMS that every time I open the … Continue reading Buyer Be Good
220+ of Canada’s leading economists call for action on climate change
OTTAWA, Oct. 6 – More than 230 economists teaching in Canadian universities have signed an open letter to federal political … Continue reading 220+ of Canada’s leading economists call for action on climate change
TerraChoice – Six Sins of Greenwashing
In November 2007, TerraChoice (now UL – Underwriters Laboratories) released a report entitled “Six Sins of Greenwashing” – A Study … Continue reading TerraChoice – Six Sins of Greenwashing
Environmental “reality check” aims to clear the air on B.C. carbon tax
June 26, 2008 VANCOUVER (David Suzuki Foundation) – B.C.’s carbon tax, which takes effect July 1, has many British Columbians … Continue reading Environmental “reality check” aims to clear the air on B.C. carbon tax
GoodCompany – A Quarterly CSR Newsletter (June 2008)
President’s Message Sometimes it takes a bold move to achieve a significant result. This was beautifully illustrated during my recent … Continue reading GoodCompany – A Quarterly CSR Newsletter (June 2008)
Carbon tax or Cap and Trade?
“The carbon tax has a huge advantage over cap-and-trade in that it can be put in place very quickly and deliver results very quickly, whereas cap-and-trade, it’s taken Europe decades to get that one figured out,” he said. “It’s just regrettable that he’s focusing on the negative.”
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Tax Shifting
Even corporate executives are geared up for a green levy.
Lawson Hunter
When
the chief executive officers from some of Canada’s most influential
corporations encourage government intervention to tackle climate
change, you know change is in the air. And in this case, the change
involves a tax shift, a green tax shift, that is.
In
classic economic terms, a tax shift involves the linear movement of
taxes from one source to another, or from one payer or item to another.
The Goods and Services Tax illustrates how a tax is shifted in a
straight line from producer to manufacturer to consumer. Linear
economic models, however, run counter to the cyclical nature of
ecological systems, which replenish resources to counteract the loss of
the original resource.
classic economic terms, a tax shift involves the linear movement of
taxes from one source to another, or from one payer or item to another.
The Goods and Services Tax illustrates how a tax is shifted in a
straight line from producer to manufacturer to consumer. Linear
economic models, however, run counter to the cyclical nature of
ecological systems, which replenish resources to counteract the loss of
the original resource.