Environmental Pricing Reform for Local Governments

AWARE Simcoe — July 27 2010 — Environmental Pricing Reform (EPR) is a name given to a set of fiscal, tax and planning policy instruments that seek to use pricing to influence behaviour in support of environmental and economic policy objectives. Examples include subsidy corrections, property tax adjustments, development cost charges, unit pricing of utilities and vehicle-specific charges. But it takes a far-sighted politician to understand that the tools for change are readily to hand – because the administration that works for the politician has no comprehension of these new ideas. It is up to us, the people, to educate politicians and bureaucrats. Link here Sustainable Prosperity for an University of Ottawa study of some of the options