Letters: Using the carbon tax to play politics has been wrong, irresponsible
06 Oct
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Letters: Using the carbon tax to play politics has been wrong, irresponsible

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Politics tamfitronics Letter writers defend the federal carbon tax and Canada Post.Published Oct 05, 2024 • Last updated 23 hours ago • 3 minute readWriter Randy Graham says the carbon tax has become too much about politics and not enough about needed policy. Photo by Brent Calver /PostmediaThe carbon tax is being treated as a political issue rather than one of responsible governance. It is understood that the carbon tax is primarily a signal to change habits so we can curb forest fires, drought and severe flooding.When instituted, I believe there is an opportunity for the province to dictate how the carbon tax rebates could be distributed.Perhaps changes in the redistribution of money collected could be made. For example, there could be zero rebate for the wealthy (who seem to complain the most) and substantially increase the...
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Hard Nuclear Weapons Choices Await Harris or Trump as President

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Politics tamfitronics October 3, 20245 min readPolitics tamfitronics The Next President Faces Tough Nuclear Weapons DeadlinesWhoever wins the 2024 presidential election will face heightened nuclear geopolitics, deadlines on nuclear deals with Russia and Iran and decisions on a $2-trillion weapons-modernization effortBy Daniel Vergano Thomas FuchsThis article is part of a series on what the 2024 presidential election means for science, health and the environment. Editors with expertise on each topic delved into the candidates’ records and policies and the evidence behind them.Amid the many dangers facing the world, questions about the direction of U.S. nuclear policy—and control of the nuclear button—have received surprisingly little attention in the 2024 election, nuclear policy experts say. “Overall, the missing story is why there isn’t more argument about nuclear weapons at precisely a time when the commander in chief...
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Taking Shots With Spike Lee and His Arsenal Fan Club: “It’s Always Electric When He Shows Up”
06 Oct
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Taking Shots With Spike Lee and His Arsenal Fan Club: “It’s Always Electric When He Shows Up”

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Politics tamfitronics It was just about game-time, and Spike Lee was amped. He rubbed his hands and tapped his feet. The opening whistle couldn’t come fast enough.Once play began, Lee was a fount of running commentary, his eyes fixed to the action. “How is that not a foul?” Lee hollered. “You can’t hold the guy’s hand!”This was primo Spike, vintage Spike—the Spike who has spent decades talking shit and working the refs from his courtside throne at Madison Square Garden. At a building dubbed “the world’s most famous arena,” he has earned a reputation as perhaps the world’s most famous fan, and as of Friday, a Hall of Fame one, too.But on this particular Sunday, Lee was not cheering on his beloved New York Knicks at the Garden or high-fiving the Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu at...
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