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The Liberals' "Green Shift" carbon tax plan may actually be welcomed by the oilsands industry because it would create a pay-and-pollute system, says Conservative MP John Baird.
Speaking to Canada AM on Tuesday, Baird said he believes the plan would allow major oilsands polluters to maintain the status quo.
"They might actually like the Green Shift because what they could do is just simply go on, business as usual, and pay a user fee to pollute our atmosphere. We don't think that cuts it," Baird said.
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Interesting thought. Raise prices to pay for the tax and not actually change anything.
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The Conservatives' "Turning the Corner" environmental plan, Baird said, would force big polluters to cut their emissions with an eventual 20 per cent reduction in carbon emissions.
He said it also mandates carbon capture and storage regulations, which would require industry to trap carbon emissions and store them deep underground before they are released to the environment -- something he said has never been done before in Canada.
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So much for supposedly not having a plan....