The Parliamentary Budget Officer report on Clean Fuel Regulations raises important questions on the impacts of reducing emissions on lower income families, says Prof. Kathryn Harrison
The Parliamentary Budget Officer’s report, released May 18, found the Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) were “broadly regressive” and would occupy a larger share of the disposable incomes of lower income Canadians, as compared with higher income earners. Prof. Kathryn Harrison says “the reality is that reducing Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions is not going to be free. It’s going to cost money.”
Learn more about the work of our educators at UBC – A Conversation with Prof. Richard Price
“In my first job as a professor, I took a fantastic year-long program on how to be an effective teacher. I’ve been hooked ever since on providing the most impactful learning experiences for students,” Prof. Richard Price talks about his experience at UBC and what motivates his teaching.
Republicans’ threats to impeach Joe Biden “premature,” says Prof. Paul Quirk
Republicans are threatening to impeach Joe Biden over an alleged “criminal scheme” mentioned in an FBI document, but Prof. Paul Quirk deems this premature, as no credible evidence of significant wrongdoing or “high crimes” has been presented to warrant a formal impeachment inquiry.
US vice presidential candidates have no detectable effect on the presidential election outcome, says Prof. Paul Quirk
“It takes a severely deficient candidate in the second spot—think Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain’s running mate on the Republican ticket in 2008—to move the needle a point or two downward,” Quirk said.
Will mudslinging be effective in Alberta’s election? Prof. Emeritus Richard Johnston offers his insights
Professor Emeritus Richard Johnston believes the smear tactics might be successful against Smith because she has hours and hours of recorded talk shows and podcasts and a number of controversial statements.
Prof. Emeritus Philip Resnick says the idea of King Charles as Canada’s next head of state seems “ridiculous and absurd” to Canadians
“The political class does not seem to want to touch it at the moment,” Mr Resnick told The National. “They see it as kind of radioactive or a third rail.”
Prof. Michael Byers estimates a six to 10 per cent chance of casualties from falling space junk if trends continue
Prof. Byers asked: “Is it permissible to regard the loss of human life as just a cost of doing business, or is it something that we should seek to protect when we can?
A majority of Canadians think the time has come to move on from the monarchy, says Prof. Emeritus Philip Resnick
Part of the political reticence in Canada around formally breaking with the British monarchy stems from fears that “opening up” the Constitution to do it could be a slippery slope, with provinces demanding constitutional changes on other issues, Prof. Philip Resnick said.
UBC Centre for Migration Studies, Profs Ellermann & Hopkins, part of $12M Bridging Divides research program
Profs. Antje Ellermann and Vince Hopkins are among seven UBC core researchers as part of the Bridging Divides research program, led by Toronto Metropolitan University. The Center for Migration Studies has been awarded $12.4 million in Canada First Research Excellence Funds as a partner on the program.
Op-Ed: “King Charles’s coronation: Should Canada become a republic?”
Prof. Emeritus Philip Resnick’s article on whether or not Canada should “retain a British monarch as our official head of state” was featured in the University of British Columbia Magazine last month.