tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post1211233958645247277..comments2023-07-25T02:39:44.615-07:00Comments on Bill Tieleman: New report claiming BC's Carbon Tax is working is actually full of hot air! Bill Tielemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03304971610140279157noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-74304615904495093922013-07-30T11:59:37.853-07:002013-07-30T11:59:37.853-07:00What would the NDP do? Simply tell the voters it w...What would the NDP do? Simply tell the voters it would be cancelled (to get votes) but after 10 months they're elected they will approve some similar tax based on the idea that BC must be green to reduce car useage on Lower Mainland streets. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-42057906167631868142013-07-27T12:26:22.565-07:002013-07-27T12:26:22.565-07:00The province of British Columbia does not set worl...The province of British Columbia does not set world oil prices and carbon comes from more than one source. Using November of 2008 as a comparison is nonsense as the world economy, and oil prices, were both in a free fall.<br /><br />Bill, what will your NDP do about the carbon tax if you are elected in 2016?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-50204938512693028882013-07-26T19:33:29.468-07:002013-07-26T19:33:29.468-07:00Bill you compared total gas consumption not per ca...Bill you compared total gas consumption not per capita which is what the study did. Secondly gas prices went up across Canada over past 5 years and per capita gas consumption went up 1.5% despite the high prices. Stephen Leahyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13384320336564949714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-49504087495553986442013-07-25T17:15:56.527-07:002013-07-25T17:15:56.527-07:00and how many went to wa state for gas thats about ...and how many went to wa state for gas thats about a dollar less a gallon.?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-40337543271826823732013-07-25T09:35:36.519-07:002013-07-25T09:35:36.519-07:00Reason why they voted Liberal in the interior is t...Reason why they voted Liberal in the interior is that they did not want to lose good paying jobs in mining and also the stupid move that Adrian Dix made to appease Lower Mainland eco-freaks in saying he would not support the Kinder-Morgan pipleline expansion did the NDP in. <br /><br />Had nothing to do with the carbon tax.<br /><br />I'm against this tax but would not vote NDP. No way.<br /><br />The NDP in the 1990s did not rescind the layered taxes on gasoline in the Lower Mainland. Infact they did add and increase gas taxes in the GVRD to benifit their own creation Translink.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-10129461076614755122013-07-25T04:11:52.880-07:002013-07-25T04:11:52.880-07:00AND ... you pay 5% GST on your Carbon Tax!
(I th...AND ... you pay 5% GST on your Carbon Tax! <br /><br />(I thought this was incredible so I e-mailed my MP in late May who nearly two months later confirmed it)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-28328484659369509692013-07-24T20:59:11.742-07:002013-07-24T20:59:11.742-07:00Carbon offsets has little to do with it.
Major rec...Carbon offsets has little to do with it.<br />Major recession over the last 5 years.<br />Significant increase in fuel effeciency in vehicles.<br />Tons of folks buying south, including me.<br />Nothing but minimum wage McJobs left thanks to the Libs and Fed NeoCons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-52767132472852842152013-07-24T20:17:37.400-07:002013-07-24T20:17:37.400-07:00How could gas consumption drop that much? Still ne...How could gas consumption drop that much? Still need to go to town, work etc. The transit system are years behind where they should be.Just more BC Liberal BS. I seem to recall the folks in the interior who were against the tax, majority voted LiberalDPLnoreply@blogger.com