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Originally Posted by you&me
To me, it's not even about targeting gas prices... It's simply the easiest mechanism for the gov't to quickly and effectively change an expense that affects the majority of people.
As I said in my previous post, I like consumption taxes, so for all I care, they could jack it up, and that's as someone with a household full of gas guzzlers... But even at $4/L like Corsi said, I'm not taking the bus  |
I am all about personal accountability, and as such, I am happy to let people spend their money how they please. So by all means commute how you like. By that same token, you have to be your own first responder when it comes to finances. Take food waste for example. Is it the governments fault people waste their food (money)?
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- Canadians create over 50 million tonnes of food waste every year despite 60% of it being avoidable through better planning and awareness.
- The average Canadian household produces 79 kilograms of food waste per year according to the UN Food Waste Index.
- 47% of food waste in Canada is generated at the household level.
- Over six tenths of food waste in Canada could be easily avoided.
- Canada’s yearly food waste is equivalent to 9.8 million tonnes of CO2.
- Fruits and vegetables account for 45% of food waste.
- Redirecting or rescuing surplus edible food could save 3.82 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per tonne of food.
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https://madeinca.ca/food-waste-canada-statistics/