Quebec unveils carbon tax

The Globe and Mail ^ | 6/16/06 | RHÉAL SÉGUIN

[doc30]

Stupid, stupid, stupid thing to do.

[fanfan]

Canada ping!

Please FReepmail me to get on or off this ping list.

[kentj]

Well we all won't be rushing to buy gas as well as drugs from our "Friends" up north now will we - it is a hell of a long way to go to buy gas for me anyway.

[doc30]

Gas prices are already double in Canada what they are in the U.S. and it's all taxes.

[bubman]

And we export 90% of it on top of that. Liberalism = Poverty

[TheBattman]

it's all about control....and nothing about "protecting the environment".

[Eric in the Ozarks]

What are they doing with the money they collect ?

[from occupied ga]

Quebec plans to adopt tough vehicle emissions standards and will become the first province to levy a "carbon tax" on oil and gas companies as part of an ambitious plan to fight global warming.

Wonderful - I love socialism (in other countries) it will make that much more gas available outside Quebec. Vive la débiles!

The tax will raise about $200-million a year over six years, provincial government officials said yesterday, and will finance a $1.2-billion Green Fund to make reductions in greenhouse gas emissions called for under the international Kyoto accord.

Yet another reason that the entire states of New York and Massachussetts should be given to Quebec - they think that way there too.

[Renderofveils]

Included in recent "Carbon Tax" talks are whether or not to incur new taxes on the process of cremating deceased citizens.

Well, not really. But when I saw the carbon tax headline that was the first thing to spring to mind.

[Ingtar]

And in 2011 when no one can manufacture a car that meets the standards for a reasonable price, what will they do?

[OpusatFR]

Did you see this:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060614.woilsands0614/BNStory/National/home

"FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. — The mayor and council in this booming northern Alberta city voted unanimously Tuesday to try and put the brakes on all future oil sands development until something is done to improve the area's infrastructure.

Specifically, Mayor Melissa Blake and the council for the Municipality of Wood Buffalo agreed to apply for intervenor status when oil sands giant Suncor goes to the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board on July 5 to apply for an expansion of its operations."

The freakin idiots in Canada are trying to stop the expansion and production of oil and gas.

I'm still not gonna short it.

[yankeedame]

The tax will raise about $200-million a year over six years, provincial government officials said yesterday...

That is assuming, of course, that nobody, and nothing, changes in those six years.

[from occupied ga]

And in 2011 when no one can manufacture a car that meets the standards for a reasonable price, what will they do?

French Canada? Ride horses, snowmobiles, or old pickup trucks :-) Only two seasons in Quebec - Winter and road work.

[posterchild]

Will we see pencils and charcoal taxed?

[sr4402]

Yes, Quebec is with me. Why doesn't the U.S. follow their lead in suppressing their economy and making me King?

/sarcasm off

[sergeantdave]

Anytime a liberal politician tells you something will cost $200 million, multiply that by 10.

Then add in another 20% for assorted unforseeable costs. Tack on another 30% for waste, fraud and abuse. Slip in another 25% for hiring more bureaucrats. Calculate another 15% for the political "blackhole." Tabulate a 100% increase for inflation over 10 years. Bribes? Figure another 25%. And then buy a few hundred chateaus in France for another 10% or so.

And in the end, the Marxist goal will never be achieved.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

3rd picture of Gore - classic symptoms of hypertension. The 2000 election loss has taken a toll on him.

[proud_yank]

"There is no doubt that consumers will pay more for the measures," said Carol Montreuil, a spokesman for the Canadian Institute of Petroleum Products. "We are talking about $200-million, and in one way or another, this money will have to come out of the pockets of consumers. . . . You can't expect an industry to absorb an additional $200-million cost."

You can't "tax business/industry/etc". Those costs are always passed onto the consumer. The only time industry 'absorbs' the blow of insane taxation is when they close their doors since people can't buy their product as its cost prohibitive.

BTW, anyone see any irony in the fact that they pass this sort of nonsense then try to dip into Alberta's oil-lined pockets???