Over the past 10 years more people have found life to be unaffordable and the national debt has ballooned.
But pulling out of The Paris Accord reversed the progress agreed by the big polluters. That is once again going in that direction!!
That's hilarious! They cancelled it because people don't like it? Yes, that's true! So is it good policy? Or bad policy in your opinion?
Are you seriously arguing that the carbon tax was so good for people and the environment that the Libs decided to cancel it just before the election? Like a miracle?
I dont know enough about climate change but the biggest polluter in the world (China) was definitely not going in the right direction. Basically everyone else seemed to play by the rules, but China was going the other way
The point was that if the biggest polluters don't significantly reduce their emissions, then it won't matter what countries like Canada do.
If it reduce the Carbon Emissions then at least it was addressing Canada's response to the Climate Change. Remember that Ontario had the Cap and Trade that was repelled by The Ford Govt. Quebec are still honouring. Should they also pull out of it? Why does numerous European nations also have this Carbon Tax and moving to EVs far more quickly than Canada?
Tell us if the Carbon Tax was so unpopular to start with, then why did Trudeau win the 2015 Elections with a huge majority, especially when the Liberals were even trailing The NDP prior to Trudeau campaigning on this tax? Once again with inflation from numerous other factors such as The Supply Chain disruptions after the Covid Pandemic, as well as severe Climate impacts on the crops, plus Russia - Ukraine war, that triggered the Global inflation, that Canada was not insulated from it!! Only when Pee Pee and the right wing media pushed the carbon tax as exacerbating it though it was proven to have a minimal impact as compared to all the factors described above. The majority of Canadians are not Liberal or Conservative supporters. They will switch parties depending on the circumstances and leaderships of the various parties. Otherwise, explain why did Harper who had a resounding majority prior to the 2015 Elections, was then resoundingly beaten with a Liberal majority in that elections? Now at least Carney has an alternative to the Carbon Tax. Pee Pee on the other hand pretends that he believes in Climate Change but does not have an alternative solution to this issue. That is why Carney has my vote!!
Yes China needs to address it and they are a signatory to the Paris Accord. But with Trump pulling out of that Accord in 2016 meant China either reversing its policy or putting it on hold.
China are moving towards EVs at far more rapidly than numerous Nations around The Globe. Who knows now whether they will reduce their usage of coal, especially with Trump's stubbornness to honour The Paris Accord!!
If the tax is good, why is Carney canceling it? Why not stand by it, and convince the Canadian people?
He won because he promised to legalized pot. Electoral reform, Sunny Ways, and 10 years of conservative govt. Oh and a failed attempt to duplicate Obama.
The USA has higher CO2 Emissions than all those countries listed except China. But when you take the Per Capita, then The USA is worse than all those Nations.
Just read the posts to skoob that addresses all the questions. But did Trudeau not campaign on the Carbon Tax in the 2015 Elections and then win a huge majority?
Legalizing Pot was one of the minor promises. When the GDP growth of just 0.6% ....... the worst in the G7 nations during a failed decade under Harper, it was Sunny ways since then until the Pandemic when the Provinces shut their economies. But all the same Trudeau won all those Elections since then though not the popular vote as the concentration of the Conservative votes are in the Prairie Provinces. We know that a certain Trump won his first term with a minority votes and all the righties defended it then. What is the difference here?
It did not happen evenly over the 10 years. The pandemic really caused a lot of issues.
Maybe, but the opposition is always asking for an election. No one in the Lib govt really wanted to remove the carbon tax, PP made his platform 1 issue and when that issue was removed it struggled. The industrial carbon tax will still be there, PP said he would cut that as well but no one cared. Carney is not gonna kill C69 and he is gonna continue with the dental roll out. The programs are NOT the same. No mandatory sentences from Carney either. Because he is not a moron. The economy is always a priority. But climate measures are long term economic measures as climate change has some very real economic consequences.
I don't think China ever planned to honour their commitments whether trump, biden or obama was in office. They literally give 2 shits about the environment. They overfish the seas often illegally going into other countries' EEZ, their AQI is among the worst in the world, they engage in unprecedented levels of nuclear waste water dumping, 80-90% of their ground water is unusable. Like literally 0 fucks given about the environment.
So the Chinese EV revolution is very debatable. They come out with a government initiative, i.e. becoming the world leader in EVs. The CCP dumps trillions of dollars into developing this industry providing massive subsidies into provincial and local governments with the simple mandate of producing quantity, definitely not quality. The subsidies filter down with each branch of government taking their cut along the way (starting at the top officials.) Companies are usually rewarded with bigger subsidies if production quotas are met with no regard to safety standards or quality control. What you end up having is substandard EVs being produced and not even Chinese consumers want them. As a result they try to dump these products on Europe, SA, Africa. The QC issues are well reported in places like Australia with one of the "higher" end brands like Xiaomi have significant rust issues after 1 year, brakes and electronic systems malfunctioning, air bags not deploying, etc.
If you took out half the population of China (literally half), I guarantee you it would barely make a dent in their carbon emissions.
It amazes me how you firmly believe Trudeau did nothing wrong in ten years. You are like a few exes I had who refused yo take accountability for words and actions.
