Carbon tax not the villain when gas prices spike

The only conclusion is that florid opposition to the federal carbon tax has less to do with protecting hard-pressed consumers, than with defending the oil industry’s ongoing right to pollute.

The federal carbon tax is not exactly much-ado about nothing, but it's hardly worthy of the angry clamour on one side and the earnest panegyrics on the other, writes columnist Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

August 5, 2019

CHELSEA, QUE.—The federal carbon tax—a central actor in budding pre-election drama—is actually a bit player when it comes to its impact on the economy and even on individual drivers. Not exactly much-ado about nothing, but hardly worthy of the angry clamour on one side and the earnest panegyri...

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