Mark Carney’s carbon tax plan

[Hamloc]

As it becomes more certain that Mark Carney will be crowned as Liberal king we are hearing a little bit more about the policies he intends to bring forward. MSM gave great coverage to his announcement that he would end the consumer carbon tax if he wins the leadership. Then he said the industrial carbon tax would be strengthened on large emitters from which the proceeds would be used to pay for green incentives on vehicles, housing etc. all at no cost to the average consumer. What MSM hasn’t covered is his plans for a border carbon adjustment tax. Essentially a carbon tax based tariff on imported goods from countries that don’t in his opinion have a stringent enough climate plan. One article that covers this is: torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-mark-carney’s-carbon-tax-plan-hurts-farmers.” It would appear that Carney feels it is acceptable for Canada to apply import tariffs based on a countries climate plan which will raise the cost of imported goods. Mark Carney will be a continuation of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal’s, that simple.

[shtferbrains]

So the Liberals think they can just double down with a new face and more intelligent guy.

Running a climate change election just like it's 1999?

Seems to be all they have.

They spent all the money so how can you do pandemic type spending?

[AlbertaFarmer5]

To his credit, the current carbon tax that ends at our borders is financial suicide, making a Canadian businesses uncompetitive on the world stage. And obviously completely ineffective at reducing worldwide plant food levels.

But WTO and free trade agreements are incompatible with a border tax on plant food. There will be retaliation by our trading partners. Farmers always seem to be the victims when that happens.

[blackpowder]

Next election needs to be an annihilation. Will they understand then?

Or are the best talking points the ones you can't prove?

[WiltonRanch]

Seems a bit tone deaf on carneys part to be pushing this type of tax regime. Almost like the government is depending on carbon tax revenue to fund general revenue. He never ceases to remind us he will be as disastrous if not more than Trudeau. I hate on Trump for giving the liberals a boogeyman to deflect from their own disaster. If Trump is anywhere near coherent and wants Trudeau gone he needs to back off and let Canadian politics sort itself out.

[blackpowder]

It's something about spending too long in a controlled atmosphere??
(I call it smelling, and rating, their own farts)
Companies fail with this kind of stagnation.

Modern armies know that the only way for a general to learn to lead or to fight in battle, is hands on.

The liberal party and ndp, need flamethrower medicine. As happens in politics.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Remember that liberal mouthpiece poster who used to insist that the plant food tax was revenue neutral?

Why would a bankrupt government insist on losing an election over keeping a revenue neutral tax?

[blackpowder]

Why would all silver spoon sons have the mentality of "just write the check" as the universal solution?
Why does it take a myriad of defeats to find a general who can win? (And the populace)
Don't forget, the Cons also buy votes and stagnate. It's natural.
Voldemort could possibly be a paid influencer. He is not missed. If he is reading this now, keep ***g off.

[sumdumguy]

Both GST and carbon tax are just welfare schemes. The federal government loves buying votes with taxpayer money. Lower Income people know exactly when their cheques come and are waiting with baited breath, if the liberals stayed in power, they would just keep adding taxes until Canadians woke up and fired up the semis - again but this time they’ll block the entrances to Ottawa not just Wokeville.