Carbon Tax Lies

Revenue neutral? 
Nope, thanks to Justin Trudeau's lies.
And Premier Horgan's lies too.

Liar, liar, pants on fire

The Prime Minister's "intention"--as stated by Dan Albas, Conservative MP for Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola--is to "ensure the national carbon tax is revenue neutral to citizens".

Excerpts from Mr. Albas' editorial in The Daily Courier, Monday, April 22/19, follow:

On April 1st, B.C.'s carbon tax rate increased from $35 tonne to $40 a tonne.
PM Trudeau called for a pan-Canadian agreement on pricing carbon pollution in Canada of $50 per tonne in 2022.

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In B.C., the NDP government's budget over the next three fiscal years reveals that the carbon tax is forecast to generate $1.7, $1.97 and $2.2 billion.  Yup, Billion.

So is the carbon tax revenue neutral here in British Columbia?

$6 billion in revenue to government

$928 million returned...

what's wrong with OUR math?

In BC., the carbon tax will generate close to $6 billion in tax revenue over the next three years, the climate action tax rebate, intended to offset those costs to lower-income citizens over the same period, is forecast to return just $928 million.

Of course Horgan and Weaver are laughing...British Columbia's residents have bought their diatribe hook, line and sinker!

"Clean B.C.", another climate-related provincial program, has a total spending forecast of $679 million over the same three years.  Therefore, in order to meet Trudeau's $50 per tonne carbon tax target, BC citizens will pay close to $6 billion in new carbon taxes over the next three years.

BUT...$6 billion collected, only approximately $1.6 billion total is being returned in various programs related to climate change. 

So that means, in B.C., the carbon tax is not revenue neutral.

Dan Albas asked at the editorial's conclusion:  "Do you support the carbon tax increasing to $50 per tonne by 2021-22?

The answer is a resounding NO.
Why?

This is why:  (from a Lake Country letter to the editor):  Canada, a massive country with a very small population, produces 1.6 per cent of world carbon output that virtually is offset by 318 billion carbon dioxide breathing trees and has about zero effect on the world pollution stage.

Lies, lies, everywhere lies.
Song lyrics...come true.