Today in the BC News Group family of newspapers was a story about the death
of the “carbon emission trading plan” … which last week I also mentioned hearing about.
The BC News Group story indicated that, “BC's carbon emission trading plan died last week at the age of four. No
service was announced ... came as BC capital hosted politicians from
neighbouring U.S. states and western provinces for their annual economic
conference... BC the only jurisdiction in North America with a carbon tax, and
an emission reduction target twice as ambitious – 33 per cent by 2020 ... all
B.C.’s border states and provinces have an economic advantage for emitting
industries...”
Story after story --- year after year --- we've had editorials, studies,
papers, and a multitude of opinions showing the carbon tax initiative, first
imposed on us by then Liberal Finance Minister Carole Taylor in the Gordon
Campbell government (imposed under the guise of reducing the carbon footprint
of British Columbians), is nothing more than a sham ... and in reality it is a consumption tax!
Earlier this year the BC Liberal Party elected Christy Clark to replace
Gordon Campbell as their leader … one of the other candidates
in that race to become the party leader was Ed Mayne; here is what he had
to say to in a note to me today:
“We don't have a carbon tax we have a consumption tax on hydrocarbons that is used to offset income tax reductions so we can say we have the lowest income tax rates in Canada. That's ok but let's call it what it is, a consumption tax and quite trying to pretend that it is to help the environment. If the funds were used to offset costs of projects that reduced usage than it could be called a carbon tax.”
To which I said …
Thank goodness ... someone who will admit he is a Liberal -- and -- that this is in reality a consumption tax!!! People HATE being fed a load of crap ... they can however accept truth and reality --- and when it comes to taxes I beleive they can even accept them if an HONEST case can be made for the necessity of them.
