A new topic is on the horizon. Let us pray !
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carbon-tax-conservatives-1.5988407Conservative Party leader Erin O'Toole unveiled a climate plan today which will put a price on carbon for consumers.
But instead of the Liberal carbon-tax-and-rebate system, O'Toole is proposing to charge a levy on fuel purchases and use the money to fund personalized savings accounts which Canadians can use for environmentally friendly purchases.
Under O'Toole's plan — which CBC News obtained a copy of Wednesday — Canadians would pay a carbon levy, initially amounting to $20 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions, every time they buy hydrocarbon-based fuels, such as gasoline.
But instead of channeling that money into direct rebates to Canadian households, as is the case currently, the Conservatives would divert it to "personal low carbon savings accounts."What do the hard core conservative types at The Sun think ? Not much:
https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-otooles-carbon-tax-plan-a-gift-to-trudeau-and-western-separatistsPersonally, I think it's a loser but I am grateful that:
1) The Conservatives have left paleo stupidity behind and are willing to let the stupids run into the stupid arms of stupid stupid Max Bernier, marooning them on the fringe of forever
2) It's actually a NEW idea, even if weird unsaleable and maybe not workable.
But can we credit a party for trying something new at least ? Anything can happen in politics and - who knows - this could be happening in a year's time.