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Leslie Shiell

Leslie Shiell is assistant professor of economics at the University of Ottawa.

Zero-emission vehicle subsidies and home heating tax exemptions: both fail the test

Two recent announcements—one by the Liberals and one by the Conservatives—show that neither party has cornered the market on bad ideas for spending taxpayers’

Opinion | BY LESLIE SHIELL | March 25, 2019

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured on budget day March 19, 2019, after walking out of the House in protest over the Liberals' lack of transparency on the SNC-Lavalin affair, recently said that if his party won government, he would remove the GST from home heating and energy bills. Unfortunately, this proposal betrays a lack of understanding of the most basic principles of good policy, writes Leslie Shiell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Zero-emission vehicle subsidies and home heating tax exemptions: both fail the test

Opinion | BY LESLIE SHIELL | March 25, 2019

Two recent announcements—one by the Liberals and one by the Conservatives—show that neither party has cornered the market on bad ideas for spending taxpayers’

Zero-emission vehicle subsidies and home heating tax exemptions: both fail the test

Opinion | BY LESLIE SHIELL | March 25, 2019

Two recent announcements—one by the Liberals and one by the Conservatives—show that neither party has cornered the market on bad ideas for spending taxpayers’

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured on budget day March 19, 2019, after walking out of the House in protest over the Liberals' lack of transparency on the SNC-Lavalin affair, recently said that if his party won government, he would remove the GST from home heating and energy bills. Unfortunately, this proposal betrays a lack of understanding of the most basic principles of good policy, writes Leslie Shiell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade