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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
so lets be honest, do you think that if she had stood up and said, I'm going to increase corporate tax rates and personal tax rates and implement a carbon tax that she would have come anywhere close to winning the election?
Not a chance, and saying I'm going to form a climate change committee is a far cry from I'm going to implement a carbon tax.
It would be similar to telling my kids that I'm going to talk with their mother about the status of their allowance instead of telling them outright that I'm going to cut their allowance.
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Honestly, I think people were so fed up with the PCs that yes, she could have put a carbon tax in her platform and still won. The only other option was a parrot who could only say "no new taxes" as his entire platform. It was pretty obvious that was how they were leaning, pretty much everyone I knew had an idea that they were leaning towards carbon taxing instead of cap-and-trade.
She also said that royalties were being reviewed and everyone assumed it was going to mean an increase. It didn't, so was she being disingenuous there too? Should she have campaigned on no royalty changes?
Based on your example I get the feeling you think it was a foregone conclusion. I disagree and think it was a decision made with input from a panel that engaged with Albertans. She promised to take climate change seriously and do something to improve how the rest of Canada and the world view our efforts in that regard. She did it. It just wasn't what you wanted, but I for one wasn't surprised in the least how it turned out.