OECD Economics Department Working Papers

ISSN :
1815-1973 (online)
DOI :
10.1787/18151973
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Working papers from the Economics Department of the OECD that cover the full range of the Department’s work including the economic situation, policy analysis and projections; fiscal policy, public expenditure and taxation; and structural issues including ageing, growth and productivity, migration, environment, human capital, housing, trade and investment, labour markets, regulatory reform, competition, health, and other issues.
 

Achieving Sustainability of the Energy Sector in Canada You or your institution have access to this content

Authors:
Annabelle Mourougane
Publication Date
27 June 2008
Bibliographic information
No.:
618
Pages
41
DOI
10.1787/241263284264

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Energy represents a major sustainable-development challenge for Canada. In the short term, labour shortages and infrastructure bottlenecks are likely to hinder energy developments and need to be addressed. In addition, provincial fiscal management could be improved by adopting prudent allocation and withdrawal rules of revenues from non-renewable resources to and from a long-term fund. Eventually the main challenge will be to curb greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), despite the rapid expansion of high emitting sectors. The effectiveness of environmental policies could be enhanced by better federal-provincial coordination. Efforts should be concentrated on designing and implementing an emissions-trading scheme compatible with corresponding systems abroad. Finally, effective and efficient systems of regulation and taxation are essential to facilitate the timely realisation of energy supply plans.
Keywords:
climate change, GHG emissions, oil sands, environment, biofuels, Canada, energy
JEL Classification:
  • H2: Public Economics / Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
  • H7: Public Economics / State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
  • Q2: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Renewable Resources and Conservation
  • Q4: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Energy