In recent weeks I have been encouraging both Conservatives … as well as residents of the region who are interested in exploring new ways to improve how we are governed in this province … to send in their ideas.
There have been many well thought out ideas presented, including a number of people who spoke with passion and concern for the environment ... solar energy ... and the negative impact of the Carbon Tax on people who live outside the greater Vancouver
Want to know what they’ve had to say? Well read on …
· My concern is government taking on a mantel of being green because it is popular rather than scientifically sound. The issue of carbon taxes is front and center in my mind. The rational for them is unfounded in science and faulty. Included are the alternate energy sources that are subsidized by the rate payer. If they are a good idea let them stand on their own economic merits. Let’s reduce government and reduce taxes--our children will be better off.
· The Carbon tax is a big issue for the folks who live in all the outlining areas of the province – it penalizes us unfairly because of our postal code. The intent of the Carbon Tax was to lower the demand for fuel by making it increasingly expensive. Outside the lower mainland, B.C. has winter for at least six months each year, and there are long distances to travel. Both homeowners and businesses depend on fossil fuels for warmth and transportation. Heating and transportation are not choices, they are necessities. The lower mainland, with its more clement climate and varieties of readily available transport, has not been affected by the carbon tax to the same degree as the rest of the Province.
