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February 20, 2018
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I mean if you can get past the "entire tax will be trickled down to consumers" bs it's the medium n big corporations who have to pay the majority of the carbon tax isn't that good? They lobby n screw us by being able to avoid tax.. am i getting it wrong. Wouldn't you rather pay a bit more for gas n stuff than have higher income taxes..
11:20 pm
February 17, 2013
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I don't think corporations actually pay it. It's all smoke and mirrors with cap and trade, credits, exemptions and what-have-you. What corp. is going to be nice and suck up any amount that cuts into profits? Raise the prices is the usual response. I would rather have my income tax go to green incentives and manufacturing than oil companies. The government gives them huge breaks with our tax dollars, then charges us a carbon tax for burning the fossil fuels we are all addicted to while they make huge profits. Wouldn't you rather put inexpensive solar/wind on your house than pay a carbon tax? At least you're not part of the problem then. Canada contributes less than 3% of global GHG. Even if we all stopped burning fossil fuels today, there would be no significant effect on climate change, it would make literally no difference. Doesn't mean we should not do our best with what we can to help. Getting the nations that are responsible for the majority of GHG to clean up their act might work, but charging people more to fuel their machines and heat their homes and for everything that is transported, the necessities of life really, isn't the answer and the effect on the economy could be disastrous. But hey...jump on the green bandwagon and use it as an excuse to raise more tax money before the wells dry up. That's all it is...another tax.
6:04 am
January 28, 2015
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3% ? actually it's 1.63% meaning cutting green house gases in Canada will do nothing. The purpose of a carbon tax is to make you switch off of carbon ,make it expensive. Really how else are you going to heat your house. Natural gas produces 60% less carbon then gasoline or say diesel ,so how is it fair to tax it at the same rate. If we all switch to expensive electricity for cars ,transportation, home heating, 1) We wouldn't be able to produce enough 2) the grid infrastructure couldn't handle it and or if we all added solar panels .
Under Ontario Liberals, Ontario already has majorly cut co2 emissions ,shutting down coal fired plants, paying inflated prices for wind and solar generation under their green plan. The people of Ontario are on the hook for the next 25 years I believe for 50 billion as Wynn reshuffled the payments lowering hydro bills and now this carbon tax ,we already paid
7:02 am
February 20, 2018
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Im conservative but wondering if we're being misled on this one to favour corporations
Sometimes i feel its big corporate interests who fund leftist activism for their own benefit.
7:07 am
September 11, 2013
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Many voters love feel-good stuff like a carbon tax for its virtue-signalling cachet, so it's a route to electoral success and that motivates savvy politicians. That's what it's for, in my view, political popularity.
hotmony, I don't agree that big corporations "screw us", in fact it's big corporations (for example) that bring you the gas you refer to. In countries like Venezuela it's the government.
Rick, there's some interesting info available re the environmental impact of solar panel production, distribution and ultimate disposal, if you're interested. "Green" technologies are far from green when one considers their cradle-to-grave impact.
Essentially the current carbon tax (in theory) means that those who use more carbon-based energy will pay more of it than the rebate they get on their tax return whereas those who use less will get more rebate that what they pay in carbon taxes. So it's more of a behaviour modification + income redistribution mechanism than a tax, our current federal government tells us it is revenue neutral, i.e. it's all paid back out in rebates.
11:49 am
October 27, 2013
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To the extent one can rationalize carbon taxes, they should strictly be based on CO2 produced by fossil fuel type. Energy intensive businesses and individuals pay more. KISS
Stop beating up our business and industry disproportionately. It is they that invest in Canda and provide us with jobs and GDP. Why chase them away from this country?
11:36 am
February 27, 2018
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The simple answer is... NO. Carbon tax is NOT good.
Without an alternative means... taxing the shit out of something to reduce its use, is insane. (you can interchange insane and liberal here)
Most everyone drives their car with an end goal in mind, whether it be to a job, or to buy something. So, to save money should we not go to work?
Carbon emissions. If measured by country, china, usa, india top the list. If carbon is going to be measured per capita, canada is a very bad offender, thanks to the Alberta TAR sands. In a recent environmental report, the TAR sands emit 63% more than previously thought.
So... what is the answer? Join Elon Musk and go off to mars, or buy a yellow vest?
2:31 pm
October 17, 2018
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Have we already forgotten the money Loblaws was given to retrofit their refigerators. Would not be at all surprised if this also enables them to use the resulting benefit as a carbon tax credit to offset taxes . If that makes no sense to anyone then I am probably right.
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