Stephen Harper’s propaganda in the federal election is about to pay dividends for the Saskatchewan Liberals and Sask NDP, as they will get a boost next election from the Sask Party musing on implementing a “carbon levy”. This carbon tax would apply to SaskPower (and other major polluters), which is a major greenhouse gas contributor, and so would indirectly increase customers’ power [hydro] bills. There is as of now no Sask Party plan to further reduce income taxes to offset the increased energy prices.
So in summary, the Sask Party which supported Stephen Harper’s Conservatives because they didn’t propose a Green Shift, are now in the planning stages of implementing a Green Shift without the important part of reducing income taxes to make the “levy” revenue neutral. Truth really is stranger than fiction in Saskatchewan. Name brand parties are more important to voters than ideas or action.
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Stephen | 27-Oct-08 at 9:50 am | Permalink
Saskatchewan’s C02 emissions would drop dramatically if we all held our breath waiting for John Gormley to attack Wall as fiercely as he attacked Dion.
catherine | 27-Oct-08 at 10:02 am | Permalink
Well, good for them for doing something to price carbon. However, one has to worry about how those living in and near poverty will manage. Of course, the federal NDP proposed a cap and trade which would have an even bigger impact on consumers (because of the fixed caps being so costly due to price fluctuations) and they weren’t planning to compensate consumers at all either.
JimBobby | 27-Oct-08 at 11:06 am | Permalink
Whooee! Just watch. Steve Harper’ll be levyin’ a carbon tax before long, too. Just like with the Income Trusts issue, he’ll claim it is an absolute necessity and the only prudent action. He’ll do it like wall’s doin’, too, without any offsetting tax cuts.
I predict a federal carbon tax before the end of 2010. Both Obama and McCain have vowed to put a price on carbon. Merkan protectionism will impose carbon tariffs on goods from countries that do not have carbon abatement programs in place. We’ll have a choice of paying a carbon tariff to the Merkans or paying a carbon tax to ourselves. Not much of a choice, sez I.
JB
the muffin man | 27-Oct-08 at 11:17 am | Permalink
Hahahahahahaha - Premier Wall is a hypocrite! Hypocrite!
Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy :: A Fool and His Money | 28-Oct-08 at 11:12 pm | Permalink
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