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Originally Posted by GGG
I think attributing the entire cost of the current food increase to the carbon tax is misleading. The government reports on the carbon tax address
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6625612
The above article links to the PBO report and several other studies on economic drag from carbon tax. The PBO report is on the higher side for the impacts of the carbon tax relative to other reports so I think it can be taken as a reasonable source for discussion
Under this report it indicates the net Carbon cost including economic drag which includes lower salaries and numbers of jobs. It puts the full impact for the average Albertan at 2232 with a $170 carbon tax. The Carbom tax increases by $15 next year or 9% of the total. Which would suggest a maximum of $232 of cost increases per household for next years carbon tax. This includes Everything. So we can clearly see that the carbon tax is not what is driving food price increases over the last 2 years.
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The 10 posts proceeding mine were all relating to the discussion of how corporations are gouging customers because 'our costs are so high.' Guess what is part of those costs right now?
To break it down into simpler terms, if you are a corporation and you heat with propane or natural gas, there is a carbon tax. And as with any other added cost the last two years, corporations have just turned around and used it as an excuse to gouge customers.
Therefore I think the carbon tax on food production should be repealed until food prices stabilize.