[getsmart-l] Canadians say they want a Carbon Tax

[John O'Gorman]

Canadians say they want a Carbon Tax

So far, over three-quarters of participants in Alternatives’ online poll say the Harper government is failing Canadians by ruling out implementation of a carbon tax.

Cast your vote at www.alternativesjournal.ca.

On January 7, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy released a report that recommends the government use economic instruments such as a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system to control Canada’s climate change emissions. Dismissing it as a “Liberal idea,” Environment Minister John Baird has ruled out the possibility of such a tax.

Interested in reading more on this topic? Read The Carbon Tax Tango in which Mark Jaccard and Jack Mintz duke it out over the carbon tax issue. Or take a look at Tax Shifting for Lawson Hunter’s climate change ideas.

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