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Originally Posted by belsarius
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Wow there are a few big lies in that document.
The big one being that the US State department was against the Keystone Pipeline, when in fact they signed off on the Pipeline and found it at worst to be carbon neutral compared to conventional shipments.
The other one is that Albertan's are basically overwhelmingly in favor of this plan. the latest polls show approval of the carbon Tax in the low 20's.
The whole thing is just a really terrible effort at propaganda at that point.
With flashy pictures of dwindling glaciers and quotes.
Also under the use of revenue, they talk about the carbon tax bringing in $5 billion dollars a year, and they spend very little of it on actual carbon initiatives. There are nebulous areas called broadening the economy and helping the vulnerable, so basically a lot of this cash is going to go to general revenue where the government will pick winners and losers.
On top of it, they still continue to talk about the shutting down of coal, but we'll replace it with renewable energy, but we don't have a plan for that so (spin flashy coin) just believe us.
They also finally admit that the carbon tax at its height will cost families $900.00 or over this year, a figure that they denied when they came up with the rebate.