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STEPHEN WOODWORTH: What’s the Carbon Tax About?

 


What’s the Carbon Tax About?

Isn’t the idea behind the carbon tax to make people pay for the emissions caused by their consumption?

Buying gasoline for travel? Travel less or be penalized with higher and higher taxes until you can’t afford to buy as much gas!

Eating groceries shipped from a distance? Eat less, accept only locally produced groceries, or be penalized with higher and higher taxes on the fuel used to ship groceries until you can’t afford to consume as much of them.

Heating your home more than the authorities think proper (even with an efficient system)? Heat less or be penalized with taxes on the fuel used to heat your home until you can’t afford to use as much fuel.

The carbon tax is intended to alter your behaviour, to minimize your lifestyle and consumption, to force you to reduce your emissions or pay the price!

Now, the Liberals who impose these taxes are saying it was all just for fun! They aren’t really trying to tax you into reducing your consumption. They are actually giving you more money than you had before! (if you can believe them)

This leaves you free to travel more, eat more food shipped from a distance, heat your home even more comfortably, in general increase your consumption and its related emissions. They’re not going to impose punishing taxes on you to force you to reduce your emissions after all!

If that’s true, what purpose does the carbon tax serve?

Something doesn’t add up!




Stephen Woodworth ... was Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre (Conservative) from 2008 to 2015, after having practised law in his riding for almost 30 years.

He studied Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University for 2 years, followed by attaining his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario. He served in local government as a School Trustee from 1994 to 2003. He is a lifelong community volunteer and political activist, and the Executive Director of The Democracy Defence Initiative.

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