Brad Wall Trudeau and Carbon Pricing

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Brad Wall Trudeau and Carbon Pricing
Topic Started: Oct 4 2016, 01:40 PM (98 Views)
friendshipgal	Oct 4 2016, 01:40 PM Post #1
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	From Brad Wall (Premier of Saskatchewan) on his f/b page in regard to PM Trudeau's announcement on carbon pricing.. and rightly so Brad Wall 4 hrs · I cannot believe that while the country’s environment ministers were meeting on a so-called collaborative climate change plan, the Prime Minister stood in the House of Commons and announced a carbon tax unilaterally. This meeting is not worth the CO2 emissions it took for environment ministers to get there. The level of disrespect shown by the Prime Minister and his government today is stunning. This is a betrayal of the statements made by the Prime Minister in Vancouver this March. And this new tax will damage our economy. The bottom line is that the Saskatchewan economy – already hurting from a downturn in commodity prices – will be one of the hardest hit by a new federal carbon tax because of our trade-exposed resource industries. The carbon tax will siphon over $2.5 billion from Saskatchewan’s economy when fully implemented and make our province a less competitive place to do business. For example, we have no idea what the U.S. government will do when it comes to carbon pricing. Yet our federal government is ploughing ahead with a carbon tax apparently unconcerned about the potential impact on our energy industry, which competes with North Dakota, Texas and Oklahoma. It’s not difficult to foresee an exodus of oil rigs south of the border, and fewer people working in Saskatchewan’s already struggling oil and gas sector. Saskatchewan industries will feel the impact. So, too, will Saskatchewan families. We estimate the carbon tax will cost the average family $1,250 a year. Our farm families will be among the hardest hit. The carbon tax will impede Saskatchewan’s continuing efforts to export high quality food products to global customers. As I have said many times before, we are having the wrong conversation in Canada. The national focus on carbon pricing holds the lowest potential for reducing emissions, while potentially doing the greatest harm to the Canadian economy. We produce less than two percent of global GHG emissions. Whatever impact the federal carbon tax will have on Canada’s emissions, global GHG emissions will continue to rise because of the developing world’s reliance on coal-fired electricity. Canada can make an important contribution in the battle against climate change by developing made-in-Canada solutions in areas like power production, transportation, natural resource development, manufacturing and construction. In the coming weeks, Saskatchewan will investigate all options to mitigate the impact of one of the largest national tax increases in Canadian history



swing	Oct 5 2016, 04:42 PM Post #2
swing Posts: 9,979 Group: Member Member #359 Joined: August 18, 2006	Trudeau doesn't have a clue, he should consult with Wall, who is a very bright man.



friendshipgal	Oct 6 2016, 10:17 AM Post #3
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	Ha.. consult... sure, unilateral decisions are the norm with this gov't.. so much for transparency and change.



Delphi51	Oct 6 2016, 05:52 PM Post #4
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	Premier Wall The carbon tax will siphon over $2.5 billion from Saskatchewan’s economy when fully implemented and make our province a less competitive place to do business. This puzzles me. The tax stays in the province, so the Saskatchewan government can do whatever it likes with the money. I'm sure Mr Wall can find a way to lower other taxes by an equal amount so no business would stay away, though it might be encouraged to choose less carbon emitting methods. Edited by Delphi51, Oct 6 2016, 05:53 PM.



Delphi51	Oct 7 2016, 01:16 PM Post #5
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	I didn't realize how costly the tax will be. Only a few cents, less than 10% on gasoline but look at this: Quote: How much heating costs will go up with a carbon price will depend on how you heat your home. If it is with hydro-powered electricity, the carbon tax won't have an effect. If it's with natural gas or heating oil, it certainly will. In Alberta, where most homes are heated by natural gas, it will mean a significant increase. Under the current carbon plan, in 2018, there will be a tax of $1.51 a gigajoule. In October, the price charged to Albertans for natural gas heat was only $2.66 a gigajoule. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/carbon-price-consumer-impact-1.3789224 That's more than 50% on natural gas! Isn't oil much heavier on the carbon than methane?



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