Federal Carbon Price established at $10 a tonne in 2018, rising to $50 by 2022
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I have always pictured you as a 30 something virgin in Ontario, still living in your parents basement, university degree, not one honest day of hard work behind you.
Editorial: B.C. has shown carbon tax can work
When the Gordon Campbell government made the carbon tax law, it promised it would be revenue-neutral, not the cash grab some feared. And that promise has been kept — the tax has been more than offset by cuts in other taxes.
Even if the federal government imposes carbon pricing on a province or territory, Justin Trudeau has promised the revenues collected will stay in that jurisdiction.
The evidence indicates that B.C.’s carbon tax has been effective. Fossil-fuel use in this province declined by 14 per cent between 2008 and 2014, even as it rose three per cent in the rest of Canada.
B.C. has proved that environmental measures can be good for the economy, earning praise from such entities as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Bank and the Economist.
When the Gordon Campbell government made the carbon tax law, it promised it would be revenue-neutral, not the cash grab some feared. And that promise has been kept — the tax has been more than offset by cuts in other taxes.
Even if the federal government imposes carbon pricing on a province or territory, Justin Trudeau has promised the revenues collected will stay in that jurisdiction.
The evidence indicates that B.C.’s carbon tax has been effective. Fossil-fuel use in this province declined by 14 per cent between 2008 and 2014, even as it rose three per cent in the rest of Canada.
B.C. has proved that environmental measures can be good for the economy, earning praise from such entities as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Bank and the Economist.
BC can not be trusted to tell the truth. They once claimed that they running with billions of surplus when In fact they were running with a deficit. When the bean counters are that wrong, a 14% change in anything is likely bulls hit.
By the way, mf, you are quoting an editorial as evidence. Nice try.
Yup. Nice try. The tax did nothing to lower emissions. CAFE did, and debottlenecking the highway one freeeway and building highway 17 did (ActionPlan).
All three done by Harper.
All three done by Harper.
The only industry left in BC is building houses for rich retirees from elsewhere. Clearcut the carbon sinks and pave them.
Not to mention the introduction of Tier three engines.
All the carbon tax scam did is make it more expensive for people in rural areas.