So grass Explain why we have a Carbon Tax Coming!

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I can certainly be corrected but isn't it Russia and the present Syrian government forces bombing Aleppo? And I am not defending any government but historically I would say many wars have been over control of resources.

One of the driving forces behind the political left in Canada is to stop any more developement of pipelines and any expansion of oil production. So this will increase the demand, production and export of oil from countries like Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Iran and other countries where only a wealthy hierarchy benefits and certainly less environmental controls exist. Again you emphasize your belief that our standard of living in Canada is to high and needs to be lowered. As a farmer I think we look at our farms as multi generational and as such the goal is for each successive generation to have a better existence than the previous one. I am not sure how the government of Canada requiring provinces to increase our taxes and make my farm less competitive against my closest competitor, the USA, is a benefit. The fertilizer I buy, the freight costs I pay, the electricity and natural gas I use will all be more expensive. The natural gas I use to heat my house will be taxed at increasing rates but it will also raise in price due to it being used to replace coal in electricity generation. Law of supply and demand. All this cost to reduce our carbon footprint in the world from 1.6% to 1.55%. And in Alberta we won't be addressing the need for more revenue to pay for government services that cost 11 billion more per year than the government brings in for revenue.

One other thing Grassfarmer, have you told your kids they will have a lower standard of living then you and that thanks to the incompetence of our previous and present governments they are already 10s of thousands of dollars in debt?

Well said Hamloc. 👍🏻