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Originally Posted by peter12
Yeah, I agree. The way this tax has been formulated, and rolled out has been very poor. That said, you would expect that cost to get passed down to consumers, right?
The problem is that no one wants to accept that things have to change. There are other things we could do to make it easier on guys like Joe Electrician, like congestion pricing, but most people would never stand for that either.
EDIT: BC used to have a revenue neutral carbon tax - which is the only way that I see it working. Why not let small business owners/tradespeople/consultants write off fuel as a business expense?
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Well the extra layer of ridiculousness about Alberta's carbon tax was the timing of it's implementation. During a serious downturn. So Small company Joe can't really up his prices to XYZ himebuilder, but meanwhile, the larger companies can lay off a couple of people and absorb the cost. Unintended consequence is that the bigger companies get bigger, and the small guys go bankrupt. Slow clap, Notley.