Re: 鈥淔our provinces come out swinging against carbon tax,鈥� April 2.
At a time when our friends to the south are demonstrating the vote-catching power of short-term gain, I guess it is too much to expect Canadian politicians to act like responsible adults and get moving on a universal carbon tax. It will hurt industries that dump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, as it is designed to do. It will slow the climate changes facing us and limit the long-term harm.
The argument that sa国际传媒 contributes only two per cent to the problem makes me imagine a room with 50 international representatives, all refusing to act, since each contributes this amount. That could happen in a world where 50 countries emitted equal amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.
In fact, China emits about 30聽per cent. They can say: 鈥淲ell, that is less than half. Why should we suffer more than anyone else?鈥� China seems to be trying to help, unlike the U.S., which denies the problem at the highest political level and is trying to burn more coal, which would make the problem worse, as well as kill people through air pollution.
I support a carbon tax. I was happy to see the gas price rise this week, knowing that this was not just the usual money-grab by the oil and gas industry. I would rather they had let me fill up before the increase, but that is just my luck. It is one more reminder that I should be buying an electric car.
Jim Gower
Sidney
