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Amy Taylor - Director, Ecological Fiscal Reform, Pembina Institute

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Amy Taylor is the Pembina Institute's Director of Ecological Fiscal Reform. Since joining the Pembina Institute in May 2000, Amy has worked on ecological fiscal reform projects dealing with subjects such as tax and subsidy reform, economic rent from natural resources and environmental taxes. She co-organized and ran an international conference on environmental taxation and has worked with resource sector leaders to advance environmental tax shifting policy in Canada. Amy has completed international surveys of ecological fiscal reform policies and programs. She has authored and co-authored numerous reports, such as Government Spending on Canada's Oil and Gas Industry: Undermining Canada's Kyoto Commitment and When the Government is the Landlord: Economic Rent, Non-renewable Permanent Funds and Environmental Impacts Related to Oil and Gas Developments in Canada. Amy has also done extensive research on environmental resource accounting within a Genuine Progress Indicator framework. Amy holds an honours undergraduate degree in environmental science and economics and a Masters in Resource Environmental Management.

Publications

• Feb 14, 2007 Blueprint for Conducting Sound Royalty Reform in Alberta
• Nov 29, 2006 Thinking Like an Owner: Fact Sheet - Overhauling the Royalty and Tax Treatment of Alberta's Oil Sands
• Nov 29, 2006 Thinking Like an Owner: Full Report - Overhauling the Royalty and Tax Treatment of Alberta's Oil Sands
• May 1, 2006 Troubled Waters, Troubling Trends (Summary Report)
• May 1, 2006 Troubled Waters, Troubling Trends (Full Report)
• Mar 17, 2006 Sustainability Indicator Frameworks in Alberta: Setting the Context and Identifying Opportunities
• Sep 1, 2005 The Alberta GPI Summary Report
• Mar 15, 2005 Bio-product Market Development Strategy: A Scoping Study on Federal Policies for Creating Market Demand for Bio-products in Canada
• Jan 31, 2005 Government Spending on Canada's Oil and Gas Industry: Undermining Canada's Kyoto Commitment
• Jan 1, 2005 Briefing Note: Government Spending on Canada's Oil and Gas Industry: Undermining Canada's Kyoto Commitment
• Jan 1, 2005 Rebalancing the Load: The Need for an Aggregate Conservation Strategy for Ontario
• Jul 1, 2004 When the Government is the Landlord
• Aug 1, 2003 Government Policies for Promoting and Managing the Production and Consumption of Bioenergy
• Mar 1, 2003 Environmental Tax Shifting in Canada: Theory and Application
• Oct 1, 2002 Looking Beneath the Surface: An Assessment of the Value of Public Support for the Metal Mining Industry in Canada
• Jul 1, 2002 A Fiscal Framework for a Hydrogen Economy
• Oct 1, 2001 Crime: GPI Technical Report
• Oct 1, 2001 Family Breakdown: GPI Technical Report
• Oct 1, 2001 Transportation: GPI Technical Report
• Oct 1, 2001 Public and Household Infrastructure: GPI Technical Report
• Oct 1, 2001 Employment: GPI Technical Report
• Sep 1, 2001 Time Use: GPI Technical Report