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It's not causing inflation, but it is increasing the cost of a product I have no choice but to buy. And does absolutely nothing to help the environment. I really hate Trudeau, and even more, I hate that I voted for him.
Why wouldn't it help the environment? The only way producers can pollute less is if it would cost less money. It will and can only happen if it pays to produce less co2
So put the cost to the companies, not me. I'm stretched thin as is, I don't have more money for another stupid tax. Maybe if I had a little extra, I'd consider installing a few solar panels in my home, or perhaps a new EV. But no, instead the government will find a way to reach into my pocket to take what's left.
.... So do you think if the companies would need to pay the tax, they wouldn't just transfer the cost onto you? What would this solution make better?
Exactly. Offer a better option or accept reality. We're all in this together, how about we don't shit the bed.
If you want to blame someone, look at the biggest polluters... wealthy people with extravagant luxury making decisions for their bottom line that hurt the rest of us.
Maybe, I'm honestly not sure what the right answer is, just that this does nothing but hurt Canadians already struggling. It won't slow the use of gasoline in the slightest.
But really, I never expect anything to be done for the people. Aside from a select lucky few, the world is set against us from the day we're born.
Yes it will probably also mean buying less, smaller housing and less private cars. But it would also make alternatives viable that just can't exist right now and make less polluting solutions cheaper cause of scale (like what now happens with solar panels) and they wouldn't even need much subsidies to get them off the ground.
That it will hurt is also why I think it will never happen cause any government that takes big steps will not be in office for 4 years. It can also only happen with:
Your premise is flawed the only reason it falls under the principles of inelastic demand is because of the way our country is structured for cars, if you use the tax to make systemic changes, making public transit and walking/biking possible this is no longer true.
I'm not saying it's an easy transition but it is a necessary one and Norway and Denmark proves it's possible