Conferences and roundtable on eco-taxation

Following an initiative by Sherbrooke Citoyen, three conferences on carbon pricing will be held at the Agora du Carrefour de l'information at Université de Sherbrooke this Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

The lectures will be followed by a round table where participants' questions will be heard.

Evelyne Beaudin, Sherbrooke Citoyen’s only municipal councillor, was particularly proud to have been able to convince the three invited panelists to share their visions of eco-fiscality on the same stage.

The event will feature Alain Webster, professor of environmental economics at the Udes School of Management, Guillaume Rousseau, associate professor at the Faculty of Law, and Pascale Lemiregaumont, an urban planner and holder of a master's degree in environment.

"Carbon pricing is a phrase that is fashionable these days, but it still remains an abstract concept for many people," said Beaudin. "It is a term that includes all the tools that encourage environmentally friendly activities and those that discourage behavior that is unfavorable to it. A simple example is the subsidy to charging stations for electric cars: it is a tax measure that encourages good behavior, that of owning an electric car. Our three speakers will give us some details, but what is important to remember is that as a local government, we can already do several things without having to wait for Quebec City and Ottawa."

The event is open to the public and will be simultaneously webcast.