Of Fear and Loathing in Canadian Climate Policy -- Cows, Cod, and Coal: The Roots of Canada’s Climate Dilemma -- Discretion I: Picking the Wrong Tools -- Discretion II: Helping Everyone Helps No One -- Diffusion: When Everyone’s Responsible, No One’s Responsible -- Deference: Where Are the...

Charging for the life cycle cost of waste management is contentious. The recent example of some retailers charging “eco-fees” in Ontario, with respect to sales of household products such as detergent, batteries and fluorescent light bulbs, is a case in point. However, the Ontario program for...