Brendan Haley

Brendan Haley is Efficiency Canada’s policy director. He has a PhD in Public Policy from Carleton University, and was a Banting post-doctoral fellow at Dalhousie University.

Articles by this author

Canadians can unite behind energy efficiency

Climate and energy policy news is filled with talk of regional tensions over pipelines and carbon taxes. These policy debates become regional ones because certain provinces are rich in particular resources, such as oil and …

Political reality and climate policy: a response to Mark Jaccard

Mark Jaccard’s article in Policy Options has generated a lot of interest. It is a provocative article that challenges the economic orthodoxy that prioritizes carbon pricing above all else. Jaccard calls for a host of …

Using carbon pricing revenues effectively

Federal plans require all Canadian provinces to have a carbon pricing regime by 2018 (through either cap-and-trade or a carbon tax). This means provinces will have access to carbon pricing revenues, and many provinces will …