BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250510T014902EDT-5606UL3IU9@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250510T054902Z DESCRIPTION:Last year the Canadian government purchased the Trans Mountain pipeline\, paving the way for a significant expansion of its capacity. Thi s purchase was recognized by Alberta and the energy sector as a major step forward in building crucial energy infrastructure to generate economic ga ins for the country. However\, it was criticized by the B.C. government\, environmental activists and some Indigenous groups as being irreconcilable with Canada’s international obligations to reduce greenhouse-gas emission s\, in addition to representing risks to our coastline and natural environ ment.\n\nThe Canadian government has also launched a national climate plan ensuring a price on carbon emissions across the country. With the goal of lowering the country’s emissions\, this plan has been celebrated as a sig nificant step forward in the fight against climate change. However\, Conse rvative opponents are characterizing it as a tax grab which will do little to reduce emissions\, while harming businesses and making life more expen sive for families. This plan is now being challenged in court by Saskatche wan\, New Brunswick\, and Ontario as a violation of provincial jurisdictio n.\n\nDoes putting a price on carbon to reduce emissions make sense when b uilding a new pipeline may encourage an expansion of oil production? Shoul d Canada be doing one but not the other? Or is this combination of policie s part of a coherent approach to economic prosperity and environmental pro tection?\n\nJoin the Max Bell School of Public Policy for a panel discussi on — featuring experts with views across the spectrum of this issue — whic h will explore the policy implications and realities of building new pipel ines and fighting climate change at the same time.\n\n\nPanelists:\n\n\n Tr evor Tombe\, Associate Professor of Economics\, University of Calgary \n\n \n Dr. Tombe is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Ca lgary and a Research Fellow at The School of Public Policy. Prior to joini ng the University of Calgary in 2012\, he was an Assistant Professor of Ec onomics at Wilfrid Laurier University. He received his BBA (Finance) from Simon Fraser University\, and his MA and PhD (Economics) from the Universi ty of Toronto. His research focuses on a broad range of topics from intern ational trade and public finance to energy and environmental policy.\n\n Cu rrently his main focus is on economic integration in Canada\, from estimat ing the size and consequences of interprovincial trade costs to exploring the implications of fiscal transfers between provinces (such as through eq ualization). In addition to his academic work\, he regularly promotes the public understanding of economics and policy issues through his numerous p ublic policy papers through the School\, active social media presence\, an d general interest writings in various media outlets\, including regular c ontributions to CBC Calgary. \n \n\n Tasha Kheiriddin\, Political Commentato r\n\n \n A familiar face to followers of Canadian politics\, Tasha Kheiriddi n is the host of the daily radio program The Tasha Kheiriddin Show on Glob al News Radio in Toronto\, a regular commentator on CBC News Network’s The Carole MacNeil Show\, and a political analyst in French on Radio Canada’s Le Telejournal. Her career in media spans two decades\, as a producer wit h CBC Newsworld\, a host-producer at the Cable Public Affairs Channel\, a host with CTV NewsChannel\, a member of the editorial board of the Nationa l Post\, where she penned a long running column\, and a columnist at iPoli tics.ca. In 2016\, the Women’s Executive Network named Tasha one of Canada ’s “Top 100 Most Powerful Women”\, for her work in radio\, print\, and tel evision.\n\n A Montreal native\, Tasha is a graduate of Collège Jean-de-Bré beuf (1988) and the law faculty of 91Ƶ (1993). Tasha practic ed litigation in Montreal for several years before working as the legislat ive assistant to the Attorney General of Ontario. Tasha has also worked fo r several notable Canadian think tanks and advocacy groups. In 2004 she se rved as the Ontario director for the Canadian Taxpayers\; in 2006 as Vice- President of the Montreal Economic Institute\; and in 2007 as Director for Quebec of the Fraser Institute. In recognition of her influence on econom ic affairs\, Tasha was awarded the 2012 Economic Education Prize from the MEI. Tasha is also an accomplished author. In 2005 she co-wrote the bestse ller\, Rescuing Canada’s Right: Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution. S he has contributed chapters on tax policy and justice to two other books\,  How To Cut Public Spending (and still win an election)\, and The Harper F actor: Assessing a Prime Minister’s Policy Legacy. Tasha has also contribu ted to academia. From 2006-2009\, Tasha lectured on conservative politics at 91Ƶ\, and has also subsequently delivered guest lectures in Social Sciences at Concordia University. Tasha will be returning to McG ill to lecture at the Max Bell School of Public Policy in 2020. \n \n\n Tzep orah Berman\, International Program Director\, Stand.Earth\n\n \n Tzeporah B erman is a Canadian environmental activist and writer\, and has 25 years o f experience designing environmental campaigns in Canada and international ly. She is known for her role as the blockade coordinator for largest civi l disobedience in Canada’s history in Clayoquot Sound in 1993. She current ly is International Program Director at Stand.Earth and is an Adjunct Prof essor of York University Faculty of Environmental Studies. Tzeporah is the former Co-Director of Greenpeace International’s Climate Program and Co-f ounder of ForestEthics. She also works as a strategic advisor to a number of First Nations\, environmental organizations and philanthropic foundatio ns on climate and energy issues\, including the oil sands and pipelines.\n \n In 2015\, she was appointed to the BC Government Climate Leadership Team tasked with making policy recommendations to meet BC legislated climate t argets. In 2016\, she was appointed by the Alberta Government to Co-Chair the Oil Sands Advisory Working Group tasked with making recommendations to implement climate change and cumulative impact policies. In the same year \, Tzeporah was listed as one of the 35 Most Influential Women in British Columbia by BC Business Magazine and awarded the Brescia University Colleg e Activist Award. Her book This Crazy Time: Living Our Environmental Chall enge was published by Knopf Canada in 2011. Berman was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 2013 by the University of British Columbia \n \n\n\nModerator :\n\n\n Chris Ragan\, Director\, Max Bell School of Public Policy\n\n \n Chri stopher Ragan is the inaugural Director of 91Ƶ’s Max Bell Sc hool of Public Policy and is an Associate Professor in 91Ƶ’s Department of Economics. He is the Chair of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission\, which la unched in November 2014 with a 5-year horizon to identify policy options t o improve environmental and economic performance in Canada. He is also a m ember of the federal finance minister’s Advisory Council on Economic Growt h\, which began in early 2016.\n\n Chris Ragan is a Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute\, from 2010-13 he held the Institute’s David Dodge Cha ir in Monetary Policy\, and for many years was a member of its Monetary Po licy Council. In 2009-10\, he was the Clifford Clark Visiting Economist at Finance Canada\; in 2004-05 he served as Special Advisor to the Governor of the Bank of Canada. In 2010-12 he was the President of the Ottawa Econo mics Association.\n\n Chris Ragan is an enthusiastic teacher and public com municator. In 2007 Ragan was awarded the Noel Fieldhouse teaching prize at 91Ƶ. He is the author of Economics (formerly co-authored with Richard Lipsey)\, which after fifteen editions is still the most widely used intro ductory economics textbook in Canada. Ragan also writes frequent columns f or newspapers\, most often in The Globe and Mail. He teaches in several MB A and Executive MBA programs\, including at 91Ƶ\, EDHEC in France\, and in special courses offered by McKinsey & Company.\n \n\n\n \n DTSTART:20190410T213000Z DTEND:20190410T233000Z LOCATION:CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 3R8\, Foyer Cartier Room\, Centre Mont-Ro yal\, 2200 Mansfield St SUMMARY:Fighting Climate Change and Building New Pipelines: Crazy or Cohere nt? URL:/maxbellschool/channels/event/fighting-climate-cha nge-and-building-new-pipelines-crazy-or-coherent-295342 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR