Where the rubber meets the road - Part Deux

From the school of harsh reality - Carbon Tax Bill in the Mail (Gazette) H/T National Newswatch:

"They said consumers would not pay for this - and now here we are, paying for it."

When the Liberal government introduced the carbon tax, it said it was targeting oil companies with deep pockets.

"We are asking them to be good corporate citizens," Natural Resources Minister Claude Béchard said at the time.

He added that the plan is based on the principle that the polluter should pay.

How naive.


In the end, there really is only one taxpayer - whether you pay the bill directly or as a consumer - or even as a laid-off worker.

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Related: Lorrie Goldstein has a gutsy column this morning - The New CEO of Sharia Green (H/T Canadian Blue Lemons)

Premiers back stricter emission rules, Campbell says - Globe

More bad tax news here for Ontario - CTV