Unless you can show where cap and trade or a simple carbon tax will effect the world's temparature I'm against both. Lowering carbon emmissions in Canada would be insignificant globally. All you would do is create a built in disadvantage for the Canadian economy. If carbon emmissions is going to warm the planet, what Canada does won't effect that happening by a single day.
Moreover ######ing our economy will make adjusting to the changing climate conditions more difficult. Compare Japan to Indonesia and you can starkly see the diffrence economic wealth makes. I know cap and trade won't turn Canada into a third world country but, limiting our wealth limits our ability to cope with change.
We and the world would be far better off if Canada remained strong economically and used our wealth to find other viable sources of energy while constantly looking for better ways to recover carbon and/or burn our fuels cleaner.
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