Sentences with phrase «running on a carbon tax»
With Liberal leader Stéphane Dion running on a carbon tax plan of his own, it's a good bet that Harper's stump at B.C. pumps will bear an eerie resemblance to James» «Axe the Tax» campaign.
https://thetyee.ca/ Not exact matches
Even the Australian government (which ran on the last election of cancelling the carbon tax imposed by the previous socialist government; and they won) have just cancelled all government funding of solar and wind power generation.
Based on what Environment Minister Peter Kent recently told CBC's Evan Solomon, the Tories no longer oppose only the broadest form of carbon tax (as proposed Stéphane Dion is his disastrous 2008 election run as Liberal leader), but also the cap - and - trade option, which use to be in the Conservative platform (it's on page 32 here).
«We put out a letter to our customers and told them about the carbon tax effect and we were told quite clearly they were not going to accept price increases,» said Mr Northrop, who runs electrical cabling manufacturer Tycab Australia on Melbourne's outstkirts.
He ran against Hillary Clinton for Senate in 2006, receiving 1.2 percent of the vote, and his platform calls for «universal single - payer health care, fully funded public schools, tuition - free SUNY and CUNY, building a carbon - free clean energy system — all paid for by restoring progressive tax rates on Wall Street and the rich.»
My point is this: In my view, the Times should find out, and convey to the public (in one place and in organized fashion), the views of each and every Congressperson, and person running for Congress, regarding a moratorium on coal - fired power plants (until their carbon dioxide emissions can be eliminated), a carbon «cap - and - auction» or «cap - and - trade» system, or carbon tax, and related matters having to do with global warming.
While James and Matt are right on target and illuminate the issues related to the value of running the «marathon» rather than «sprint,» unless Senator Whitehouse has overwhelming support for a $ 42 price per ton of CO2, which I doubt he does, it seems like a good strategy to let him bargain high and hard to push for that price and let those who oppose a high price «win» a lower price, since that's what we think will establish a more effective long term carbon tax.
ps Adam: on fuel tax as carbon policy, I guess we're already running that experiment, if one looks at the current differences internationally.