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  • Green shift: a loser worldwide

    10/23/2008 6:15:14 PM PDT · by Clive · 11 replies · 659+ views
    National Post ^ | 2008-10-23 | John Williamson
    Remember when Liberal leader Stephane Dion unveiled his carbon tax plan earlier this year? The green lobby was thrilled. It had finally found a mainstream politician ready to fight an election on a promise to implement a tax on heating fuels, diesel and other traditional sources of energy that households consume. Environmentalists were convinced voters would rally around the plan, particularly since the carbon tax and ensuing higher energy prices would be offset with tax cuts targeted to low-and modest-income earners. Canada was set to become a world leader in the climate change debate. Dreams of a carbon tax are...
  • The Other Shoe Drops: N.E.P. II is Here (and Ignored)

    07/14/2008 11:19:20 AM PDT · by Leigh Patrick Sullivan · 85+ views
    The Moderate Separatist ^ | July 14, 2008 | Leigh Patrick Sullivan
    Even in Quebec the public is split about 50-50 on the Green Shift plan, and if you can't fool Quebecers with an environmental plan that screws Alberta, who can you fool?.....