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Understanding the Selection of Policy Instruments in Canadian Climate-Change Policy
David Houle,Douglas Macdonald +1 more
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In this article, the differences in instrument choices in Canadian provinces and propose an initial explanation for instrument selection, which suggests the way that policymakers frame the issue of climate change is a main explanation for the instrument selection.Abstract:
Some aspects of Canadian climate change policy have been extensively studied in recent years. However, studies on Canadian provinces continue to lag. In this paper, we study the differences in instrument choices in Canadian provinces and propose an initial explanation. We use the theoretical framework proposed by Rabe (2004), which suggests the way that policymakers frame the issue of climate change is a main explanation for instrument selection. Rabe’s (2004) typology, which was developed in the US context, can be applied to Canada, and an initial operationalization of this theory in the context of the Canadian provinces is proposed. My main conclusion is that the pattern of instrument choices among Canadian provinces is broadly consistent with the one predicted by the theory, notwithstanding important differences. A challenging aspect of climate change policy is that it is often composed of multiple instruments and is justified by policy-makers using numerous frames.read more
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