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