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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
And there is the crux of the condemnation against the "Green Shift" - that people will generally end up paying more.
We have seen varying levels of Green taxes across Europe, which has made them world leaders in reducing greenhouse emissions - without increased tax burden and without crippling their economy. In fact, in Germany, which has the closest thing to the Liberal "Green Shift" has not only seen a signficant reduction in their emissions, but has also seen their economy grow.
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I'm not sure why you think these are mutually exclusive. Isn't growth of gross revenue usually the measure of whether an economy is growing or shrinking? Take the same products and increase prices and the gross revenue will grow up.. and yet people still end up paying more.
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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
I'm not 100% sold on the "Green Shift" as written. I have backed green taxes in the past as a general concept, but I'm not sure that Dion's "Green Shift" is the right implementation. However, at least they have a plan - an option that has worked in other countries. The Conservative plan mimics that of Chretien and Paul Martin - give great lip service to the issue, but nothing more.
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Nothing, hey? I heard on QR77 this morning that the Conservatives plan would probably raise heating costs (I think is what they said) by 7%. The Liberal plan would raise them by 40%. Numbers aside, how is it that costs will go up if they don't have a plan or are doing nothing about it?