February 22, 2008 - OTTAWA – On Monday, Feb. 25 (9:30 a.m.), Dr. David Suzuki and Mark Jaccard will present a new report that outlines a strong case for next week’s federal budget to include a carbon tax or trading system to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The report, prepared by economic consulting firm M.K. Jaccard and Associates, shows that a carbon price in Canada has the potential to spur green innovation and greatly reduce income tax.
The report is entitled
Pricing Carbon: Saving Green - A Carbon Price to Lower Emissions, Taxes and Barriers to Green Technology The Ottawa news conference will feature the following speakers:
• Dr. David Suzuki (scientist, broadcaster, environmentalist) is the founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.
• Mark Jaccard (economist, professor – Simon Fraser University) is the president of M.K. Jaccard and Associates.
News Conference Details
Date: Monday, Feb. 25, 2008
Time: 9:30 a.m. EST
Location: Charles Lynch press theatre, Room 130S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa
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Copies of the report will be available at the news conference and will be available from
www.davidsuzuki.org on February 25.
For more information contact:
Dominic Ali
Communications Specialist, David Suzuki Foundation
Cell: (647) 203-4701
Pierre Sadik
Senior Policy Advisor, David Suzuki Foundation
Cell: (613) 799-8626