We tried, but we couldn't find any economists willing to back up Ford's warning of a "carbon tax recession." The one study that his staff cite as evidence (this https://www.conferenceboard.ca/temp/e44c846b-899c-4683-9db5-cee48f8ecc4d/9021_Cost-Cleaner-Future__RPT.pdf … report by @ConfBoardofCda ) says no such thing.
Read the thread:
https://twitter.com/CBCQueensPark/status/1087775408752390145?fbclid=IwAR2jIpGPU8OgMJO3ohycUuZsr_QCn4fxEhQfxLVcd5GkEBJTXRYE5CZs_uQ
Then there's this from Robyn Gibbard:
I'm one of the authors of the Conference Board study cited by Ford's staff. At no point in our research paper do we say that the carbon tax could cause a recession. We specifically describe the overall economic impact as "small." #onpoli #cdnecon @CBCQueensPark
https://twitter.com/robyngibbard/status/1087732802177650694?fbclid=IwAR3oK86kedFP6C8oEwwRDhNieE5sCiqn2FjM-hjIjQp42uzt5xegX94O5hI
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