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Originally Posted by Tinordi
The hysterics are frankly so depressing. We're talking about a 5 cent tax on gasoline to hopefully lurch us toward reducing dangerous GHG emissions.
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4.5 cents on January 1, 2017, increased to 6.7 cents on January 1, 2018. This is on top of the 4 cents per litre that the PCs/NDP already added.
So really, the NDP are upping our costs by just under 11 cents per litre. And it won't do a damned thing to reduce consumption. We've already seen numerous times that psychological barriers on gasoline consumption don't work.
It is merely a for-profit tax grab by Notley. Even understanding that, you are right. It doesn't justify the hyperbole.