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Originally Posted by Ronald Pagan
Respectfully...
You could not be more wrong on each of your three points.
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if you say so...
What's market based about a tax alone?
How is it economy wide if the majority of the costs are born by two provinces that make up a minority of the economy?
How will it reduce emissions if the price of emitting is not passed along to consumers?
It's a wealth transfer, pure and simple. Which is liveable as long as we continue to enjoy more wealth around these parts. If the price of oil tanks and the world economy goes south, I'm not sure I still want to be paying for the gas subsidies in Ontario so their car plants can keep churning out SUVs.