Evil carbon tax in BC is coming
Friday, March 14th, 2008Carole Taylor:
Carbon tax will start July 1, 2008 at a rate of $10 per tonne of associated carbon, or carbon‑equivalent, emissions. That works out to about 2.4 cents a litre at the gas pump and 2.8 cents a litre for diesel and home heating oil. Leading economists and scientists agree: Seeing that cost, and making it real, will give us new incentives to change the habits that created global warming in the first place.
Kevin:
Let me get this clear. Today we pay say, $1.20 per litre, and with the tax it will be $1.224 per litre? Am I correct?
Carole Taylor:
Yes, for every litre of gas an additional 2.4 cents will be charged as the carbon tax.
Kevin:
And why do you think this is the right thing to do?
