People like Sawdust and lower income families get hurt by this 'repentence' tax. New poll came out across Canada, Canadians want a Carbon Tax apparently, but they don't want it to be 'neutral' which is what the B.C. Carbon Tax will be and Federal Liberals and Federal Greens plan is. So starting July 1, we'll be paying for a carbon tax that does absolutely nothing to curb green house gases or lets say build more options in places that only have one option to get around. So its a pointless tax that isn't going to anything.
Now if they had the tax and flattly said this wasn't going to be neutral that they'd use the tax money to invest in green technologies and more transit options in places that do not have any options. According to this poll: [A href="vny!://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=c28d5cd4-5404-4ade-a748-0352268d392c"]vny!://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=c28d5cd4-5404-4ade-a748-0352268d392c[/A] Canadians want that.
"The federal Liberals and the Green party both support a cap and trade system, but are also proposing to introduce a "tax-shifting" policy that would impose a carbon tax for everyone in the economy, including consumers, that would be offset by reductions in other areas such as income taxes. The Liberals have not yet explained details of their plan, apart from pledging to come up with a "revenue neutral" policy that would not increase the overall tax burden on individuals.
However, when asked how revenues from a proposed federal carbon tax should be spent, most Canadians told the polling firm that they would prefer to see more green spending, rather than income tax cuts.
For example, 47 per cent said that the new potential revenues should be spent on "renewable energy like wind and solar power" and 16 per cent said they wanted to see more spending on "energy efficiency technologies." Only 11 per cent of respondents said carbon tax revenues should be used to cut income taxes, while eight per cent said it should be spent on public transit.
"I certainly think overall that (a carbon tax in a federal political platform) would bode well and at the very least Canadians are certainly receptive to the idea," said Doud. "What Canadians are going to want to see, is they're going to want to know that this tax is invested in the environment in some way."
Last week, NDP Leader Jack Layton launched new attacks on the carbon tax proposal, arguing that it would punish low-income individuals who rely on natural gas or heating oil to keep their homes warm in the winter. But environmental groups responded by criticizing Layton, arguing that a carbon tax could be introduced alongside regulations for a cap and trade system for large industries."
Until then, carbon tax or David Suzuki's tax is useless.
