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Originally Posted by puckedoff
Think back to your econ 101, even a direct tax has an impact that is split between the producer and consumer.
The indirect increases in all goods and services is felt by either PST or carbon tax. You said above that it will not impact your cell/cable bill. Does Telus not have to heat its buildings? Put gas in the maintenance vehicles that set up cell towers? The only companies that will not see their costs increase by the carbon tax are those that operate and source entirely from overseas - all other businesses will be at a disadvantage to foreign competitors.
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My cell and cable plans are defined, my cell plan for example has been the same price for 5 years, I've never changed the plan because cell companies continually increase their costs for things(even without a carbon tax, imagine that), to get all the same features of my plan on a new plan would cost me about $30 more per month, they can't change the price unless I choose to change plans, they know this which is why they constantly call me trying to get me to switch plans. So while bell will incur some extra costs due to the carbon tax, it will not be passed on to me unless I change my plan. Now if a PST was introduced, both myself and bell would need to pay more, but they still would not be able to pass off their increased expense on to me unless I change my plan.