Posted on 04/02/2024 9:21:40 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Protests erupted across the country against the federal carbon tax on Monday — the same day it rose by 23 per cent — while Canada's only Liberal provincial leader pressed for an emergency meeting to discuss alternative ways to cut emissions.
In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey called for an emergency meeting of leaders throughout Canada, arguing the program is too costly for his province and doesn't work as intended.
Instead, Furey is urging the federal government to make "bold investments" in infrastructure and incentives akin to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act to drive consumers to change their habits.
"Today, a gas-powered truck drives fishing gear to the wharf in a rural Newfoundland and Labrador community. After April 1, there will be an additional carbon tax, but that same truck must still drive fishing gear to the wharf," Furey wrote.
"There are no alternatives available. So, the key intent of this policy, to lower emissions, is not being achieved at this time."
Trudeau responded today that while the price on pollution is rising, so is the Canada Carbon Rebate.
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Drag the Fisherman in it will go wild ,LOL
Trudeau’s 23 per cent tax and give it to the UN so the Dictators can buy better Yachts and Villas
“...while the price on pollution is rising, so is the Canada Carbon Rebate.”
The stupidity of that beggars disbelief. It is SO typical of government lunatics everywhere who are feverishly working to hide the true cost of reducing carbon emissions.
They make you pay a $100 carbon tax, but say “Don’t worry, we’ll give you $80 back.” So people don’t change their behavior and the government skims off their cut to pay for more carbon-hating government bureaucrats.
The physicists tell us Perpetual Motion is impossible, but they never considered government. Perpetual Motion machines run for a while and eventually slow to a stop, but they produce no useful work. Just like government. Except government never slows to a stop.
Newfoundland and Labrador Premie: “the program is too costly for his province and doesn’t work as intended”
Just like the $20 minimum wage law in CA for fast food. Just like the new minimum wage law in Seattle with it incomprehensible labyrinth of calculations.
Just like about every government program conceived everywhere. In the end, they always cost 100X more than promised and always set us on the path to ruin.
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