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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I've talked about that before.
But there are a couple of problems, I'm pretty sure that BC would probably sue us because it limits cross border transport of goods.
Also if you did that you would have to apply that for everything and as it stands currently imports are carbon tax exempt, we've pretty much hurt the competitive balance of local products.
Third of all, it would be tremendously expensive because you'd have to put inspection points at every road.
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I see where you're coming from and totally agree it would probably cause BC to sue us, however from my highly biased point of view is that it isnt limiting border crossing of goods any more than blocking pipelines in the name of the environment. Vehicles leaving BC have other options than driving through AB, the states has many roads they could use as well. We would have to price it so that it's still attractive to use ABs roads however.
Maybe a yearly carbon licence for transport companies, and yearly licences or one time fees for personal travelers. Maybe $50-$100 one time fee and $10000-$20000 per year per truck for a business.
It would be expensive to install for sure but for example the trans canada border crossing could utilize the banff park access point already in service.