Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Marcus Gee
Publication Date: April 5, 2025 - 07:15
Why it was wrong to axe the tax
April 5, 2025
The carbon tax was the smartest, boldest idea to come out of Canadian governments in decades. Now it is dead, the victim of scaremongering, disinformation and political cowardice.Good riddance, some will say. Taxing fuel at a time when Canadians are struggling with everyday costs was always a terrible idea. Couldn’t be helped, others will say. The tax was just too unpopular. Tactically astute, still others will insist. Left-leaning governments had to kill it to keep conservatives from marching into power on an axe-the-tax promise.
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