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BC’s Election

Posted in Environment, tagged , , on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Is over and the centre-right Liberals won. Many in the traditional environmental movement are trumpeting it as a referendum on the BC Carbon Tax. I am not so sure. The so called people who were supposed to vote for the opposition left leaning NDP, but did not because of their (admittedly stupid) opposition to the [...]

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BC Carbon Tax regressive?

Posted in Environment, tagged , on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

British Columbians with low incomes will benefit from the carbon tax in its first year, but will pay more by the scheme’s third year, a new study concludes.
The impact of the tax and its offsetting income tax cuts will become increasingly unequal unless the provincial government increases payments to low-income earners, the study says.
The study, [...]

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