A news story by CTV earlier this morning had a headline reading, " Nearly half of Canadians think carbon tax is ineffective at fighting climate change " I invite your thoughts on that comment, especially given that what the poll really indicated was that ONLY 1 in 5 Canadians believes the Carbon Tax is effective. Further on into the story were additional details, on a second polling question; one that asked respondents their thoughts on the effectiveness of the carbon tax in it's goal of having people reduce fuel consumption. On that question, just eleven percent of respondents indicated they thought the carbon tax was effective -- while a full forty-four percent disagreed. The 'combined' numbers for 'Effective' and 'Somewhat Effective' totaled 36% -- while the numbers for 'Ineffective' and 'Somewhat Ineffective' totaled 61%. With this in mind, I find it extremely disappointing that CTV put out such a misleading, and slanted, news s...
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