Tag Archives: Green Shift
Déjà Vu All Over Again?
It would probably be a safe bet that going forward into the next election the Liberals’ will disavow any connection with the doomed Greenshift® (aka the “tax on everything” according to the Harperettes) which proved to be such a disastrous … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental Policy
Common Sense About Carbon
Solazyme CEO Jonathan Wolfson argues that a cap-and-trade system will be ineffective in leading development away from high-carbon technologies. “If I was the one writing the rules, I would just tax carbon,” he says. Solazyme describes itself as “a synthetic … Continue reading
Filed under Climate Change, Environmental Policy
Bloody Staples
It would be natural to think that the Liberals’ proposed “Green Shift” plan that purports to cut taxes on income, investment and innovation, and shift those taxes to pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, waste and so on, would have a significant … Continue reading
Filed under 2008 Canadian Election, Energy, Media Bias
Explaining the “Green Shift”
Ontario employment lawyer Paul McKeever attempts to demystify the Liberal proposed “Green Shift” carbon tax proposal. McKeever concludes that “Either it’s not green, or it does not involve a shift. In other words: either it will not reduce CO2 emissions, … Continue reading
Filed under Liberal Party of Canada
A Question of Credibility
Who are you going to believe when it comes to the possible impacts of the Liberals’ proposed Green Shift on farmers? Jason Kenney, a junior minister responsible for “Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity” (*snort*), with no real-world business experience or academic … Continue reading
Filed under 2008 Canadian Election, Environmental Policy
The Great “Green Tax Con”
It’s to be entirely expected that many “conservative” bloggers would seize on the article in today’s Daily Express that indignantly states “FAMILIES are being ripped off by an average of £783 a year through Gordon Brown’s bogus ‘green’ taxes, it … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental Policy
Red Star “In the Dark” About Green Shift
Promoting the Green Shift plan has been a “tough sell” according to Rob Ferguson writing in this morning’s Toronto Star about a Dion campaign swing through the riding of Don Valley West. Although he’s been selling the plan for weeks, … Continue reading
Filed under Media
Anti-Green Shift Astroturfing
Let’s see what “average Guelphite” Barry Osmond is up to these days, shall we? That name might ring a bell with some of you from the indignant letter he wrote to the Guelph Mercury on August 2nd regarding all of … Continue reading
Filed under 2008 Canadian Election
You’re Welcome
Heh. That Garth — what a scoundrel. If he’d asked me, I would have given him a better version. Silly man. Update: Instead, he’s now changed the picture to something completely different. Can you say “douche”? I know you can…
Filed under Blogging
Taxing Carbon: Some Initial Thoughts
Campaigns of Hope & Fear Aside from posting on some of the more frivolous aspects of the Liberals’ proposed “Green Shift” (not to be confused with eco-friendly urinal cakes, napkins and disposable coffee cups bearing the same trademarked name), I … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental Policy
