Sunday, January 27, 2008

The short life of carbon taxes

Terence Corcoran, Financial Post Published: Tuesday, January 08, 2008

The Round Table, a federal outfit headed by former Winnipeg mayor Glen Murray and a collection of green appointees, wants a carbon tax -- or, sorry, a carbon "price" -- that would promote carbon emissions reductions of up to 70% by 2050. The preferred phrasing is that the government can only achieve these dramatic reductions "by putting a price on carbon emissions throughout the entire Canadian economy, beginning as soon as possible."

Full story can be found HERE

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