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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
Dion doesn't even know what the Green shift is. First it is a Carbon tax, no he is claiming it isn't and that the conservatives have propogated that belief. See below quotes.
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Don't know why you quoted me in your post.
I'm not disagreeing that he's made a whole mess out of communicating this issue. As it stands IMO IT IS a Carbon Tax, simple as that. Why he's all over the place and can't just say that is beyond me. Harper's ads completely threw him and his advisers.
But it still doesn't answer my question as to why Harper would attack so vehemently the conclusions and recommendations of NRTEE in a study requested by his very own government.
Based on the research and analysis contained in this report and supporting documentation, the NRTEE makes the following recommendations to the federal government:
2. Institute a market-based policy that takes the form of an emission tax or a cap-and-trade system or a combination of the two.
http://www.nrtee-trnee.com/eng/publi...ow-res-eng.pdf
So.. to recap.
Dion proposes something ....
that was specifically recommended to the Harper government...
by an advisory body ...
that the Harper government consulted....
and Harper attacks the proposal?
Gotta love politics.
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Originally Posted by old-fart
Also, almost every European country that has implemented a carbon tax has seen huge reductions in their manufacturing industry
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Really? Have you a link to back that up?
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Both Norway and Sweden have had a carbon tax plan since the early 1990s. According to an April 29, 2008 Guardian article, Sweden cut its overall carbon emissions by nine per cent between 1990 and 2006. Its economy grew by 44 per cent in that period.
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http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...e=election2008