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When you have a large family you do. I have 3 brothers. So there were four of us growing up. No way would we ever go anywhere in a family sedan. Can you imagine sitting 3 across - front and back - to go everywhere? It wouldn't work. You would'nt be able to take vacations as you wouldn't have enough room for luggage.
As soon as there were four kids, we bought a Safari van (eight seater - used to be a cargo van). There was no way you could make a family sedan work with a 6 person family. Especially when we all became teenagers.
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Yep carbon taxes will disproportionately affect larger families for some of the reasons you list. That's why the tax plans implemented in BC and proposed by the Liberals offer tax credits for families. The Liberal plan gives an universal $325 per child credit. That should more than offset the carbon tax payments from owning a car capable of carrying those kinds around.