Trudeau is an idiot. Sooner or later Canadians are going to figure that out.
A carbon tax weighs heavily on the working poor. As will his new CPP taxes. On top of that, competition in the USA is going to eliminate jobs in Canada, as our price for power rises, and that price gets passed down the line. Trudeau is screwing the lower middle class, and he doesn't give a rat's *** for you.
We produce 1.6% of the world's GHG production. If we shut down everything, and froze to death in the dark, we would have no significant effect on global warming.
And we can't do that. At best we could cut out 1.6% by 25%, thus lowing world GHG production by 0.4%.
Get serious Justin.
I don't deny that a carbon tax can hurt the poor, but that can be offset by eliminating income taxes on the poor, the GST/HST, and business taxes.
Right now, whether a poor person chooses to walk, cycle, bus, or drive to work, he's still stuck paying all those other taxes. If you shift those taxes to a carbon tax, he has the choice to walk or cycle to work or move closer to work. A carbon tax gives him more choice. He has no choice but to earn an income, so an income tax has him by the nuts.
He has no choice but to buy clothes, toiletteries, etc., so the GST has him by the balls.
A business has no choice but to cut wages to compensate for business taxes.
But, a person does have some controlbover buying a sweater and turning down the heat in winter, or commuting to work on foot IR by bicycle.
Do you oppose giving the poor more choice?