A look back at BC’s Carbon Tax – and the Pacific Carbon Trust

I rarely find anyone that has much good to say about the BC Carbon Tax ... or Pacific Carbon Trust … well with the exception of Kevin Krueger's cross-town buddy here in Kamloops … the Minister of the Environment, Terry Lake.

In fact, since the tax was introduced by then Finance Minster Carole Taylor, not many have had anything good to say about the tax or the trust.

Don't take my word for it.  Here’s the proof in the words of many journalists and editorial writers from across BC, Canada, and even the United States ... as well as from BC Conservative Party leader John Cummins.

B.C. Introduces Carbon Tax (Vancouver Sun -- February 22, 2008)
VICTORIA -- Driving and other fuel-dependent activities are about to get more expensive as British Columbia becomes the first jurisdiction in North America to introduce a consumer-based carbon tax….

NDP backtracks on carbon tax  (CBC News – June 12^th, 2009)

BC New Democrats are backing away from their opposition to the government's carbon tax and their call for an immediate moratorium on independent power projects (IPPs).   Premier Gordon Campbell couldn't be more pleased by the decision announced by NDP Leader Carole James on Thursday.  "I think Ms. James is now trying to repair a party that was badly damaged by the fact they were expedient instead of principled," the premier said Friday….

B.C. carbon tax jumps more than 1 cent (CBC News – July 1^st, 2010)

The HST is not the only new levy that B.C. residents start paying Thursday.  The province's carbon tax on gasoline and other fuels also goes up more than one cent per litre, meaning higher prices at the pump, at home and elsewhere, according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.  "Keep in mind that almost everything that we purchase, from food to clothing, is transported by trucks," said federation spokeswoman Maureen Bader. "And businesses will also be passing that cost increase down." ……