Already, two rebuttals to the new carbon tax and its broad impact:
First, from Calgary Metro:
NDP carbon tax will cause Calgary Food Bank to spend extra $31K on waste costs
The NDP’s carbon tax will cost the Calgary Food Bank an extra $21,000 to dispose of expired food come January, according the organization’s president and CEO.
As the government passed its climate-change legislation by a margin of 42-29 on Tuesday, the NDP defeated a Wildrose’s amendment that would have mandated a rebate for all registered charities that will see costs rise.
James McAra, president and CEO at the food bank, said $21,000 is a lot dough for an organization that relies on donations to help families in need, adding the Calgary Food Bank anticipates waste costs will be $31,000 in 2018, when rates associated with the carbon tax rise.
And here is Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Mr. Don MacIntyre (here and here) talking about the price of food and how it will be impacted by this tax.
The guy has a point - petroleum fuel is a part of every aspect of our lives. Heat, light, making stuff, bringing it to us, taking it away. All pervasive.
We need to focus on cheap sources of power (nuclear) and not be venturing down some energy rat-hole that is only able to survive through massive subsidies.
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