Like all taxes, a carbon tax imposes its own burdens and amplifies the economic costs of all other taxes in the economy.
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Subsidizing wind, solar or other alternative energies distorts the energy market.
A new Angus Reid poll suggests that the more people learn about carbon pricing the less they like such schemes.
Less regulation in the U.S. will lower American business costs and help create more U.S. jobs.
Governments use carbon tax revenues to advance their political agendas.
Governments across Canada are betting big (carbon tax) money on clean tech.
According to Environment Canada, to meet our Paris treaty commitments Canada needs a carbon tax of up to $300 per tonne of greenhouse gases.
Governments know people won’t accept the level of carbon taxation necessary to achieve current GHG targets, so they hide most of the cost in regulation.
Canada is pursuing new carbon taxes and regulations at a fast pace.