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Great White North
Canadian carbon taxing rapidly becoming unpopular
2017-01-05
[Global News] Canadians living in Alberta and Ontario saw gas prices spike in the New Year due to carbon pricing.

But don’t expect the price hikes to stop there.

"I think 2017 is probably going to be more expensive than the past two to three years, and not just for gasoline but also for diesel," gasoline analyst Dan McTeague told Global News Tuesday.

The carbon taxes are intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and slow climate change. Along with the carbon pricing, an OPEC agreement to cut global production of oil will also put pressure on prices at the pump.
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  NDP: Free shit!
Posted by: gorb   2017-01-05 23:59  

#6  Always nice to see stupidity hurting the stupid.
Posted by: charger   2017-01-05 21:37  

#5  The citizens of Alberta voted into office the New Democratic Party (NDP) because the NDP promised more free goodies than anybody else. They are now paying for that choice and in my eyes it looks good on 'em. Maybe next time they'll choose differently . . . . but I doubt it.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper   2017-01-05 17:25  

#4  That is why you can see so many of our B.C. neighbors come to WA for a fill up; sometimes with multiple red jerry cans and/or aux fuel tanks installed........
cause WA gas don't cause no global warming.
Posted by: USN, Ret   2017-01-05 14:37  

#3  The stupid, it's expensive.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2017-01-05 14:34  

#2  Sorta like a VAT by other means.
Posted by: gorb   2017-01-05 11:45  

#1  The carbon tax is just a money grab.

People have to drive to work or ride mass transit. Both use fossil fuels.

People have to heat their homes especially in a place that gets colder than hell six months of the year.

So you cannot cut off transportation or creature comforts, therefore, it is just a tax and a sham excuse for raising them
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2017-01-05 10:03  

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