Tag: carbon tax

Alberta to Halt Fuel Tax Collection, Offer $150 Electricity Rebate

The Alberta government will suspend fuel tax collection in April and grant a rebate of $150 on Albertans’ electricity bills as energy costs continue to climb.  In a press conference on March 7, Premier Jason Kenney attributed rising energy costs to uncertainty caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and skyrocketing inflation spurred by Prime Minister…


Scrapping Carbon Tax the Right Move for Tories: MPs, Pundits

The Conservative Party’s renewed opposition to carbon taxes is being celebrated by some outspoken MPs, while some political observers believe the stance will become increasingly popular as the tax ramps up to $170 per tonne in 2030. During last year’s federal election campaign, then-Tory leader Erin O’ Toole proposed “low-carbon savings accounts” for “greener life”…


Conservatives Drop Support for Federal Carbon Tax

The Conservative Party is ending its support for a federal carbon tax. Interim leader Candice Bergen told her caucus about the change at a meeting on Feb. 9, saying that the carbon tax issue will be dealt with in the upcoming leadership race, according to a report in the Toronto Star. Conservative MP John Williamson twitted the…


Tories Drop Support for Federal Carbon Tax

The Conservative Party is ending its support for a federal carbon tax. Interim leader Candice Bergen told her caucus about the change at a meeting on Feb. 9, saying that the carbon tax issue will be dealt with in the upcoming leadership race. For now, the Tories will stick to their official stance against the…


Two Rules for Investing in Today’s Green Lunacy

Commentary I’m not in favor of destroying the planet. I’ve lived on it all my life. And I’ve really become quite fond of it. I’m not alone in that sentiment. The global kabal have long been pushing a (somewhat manipulated) narrative that climate change is real, dangerous, and most of all man-made. Basically, it’s the…


Carbon Tax or Climate Tax?

Commentary Climate change is a fact of life—the climate has been changing since time immemorial. Mother Nature does what Mother Nature does, and I doubt that mankind can do much to change her ways. Globally, governments have fiddle-faddled with multiple conferences over the last 30 years in an attempt to modify the climate, with little…


BC Floods Show We Need a Plan to Deal With Natural Disasters, Not a Carbon Tax

Commentary Climate change is a fact of life—the climate has been changing since time immemorial. Mother Nature does what Mother Nature does, and I doubt that mankind can do much to change her ways. Globally, governments have fiddle-faddled with multiple conferences over the last 30 years in an attempt to modify the climate, with little…


‘No Chance’ of Net Zero by 2050: Oil Exec Chris Wright Weighs in on COP26

Chris Wright, CEO of the frac firm Liberty Oilfield Services, dislikes the term “climate denier.” The label is both pejorative and, in Wright’s case, inaccurate. “Climate change is a real thing,” Wright told The Epoch Times in a conversation at the National Conservatism Conference II. “Humans have increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.” Much of…


Canada Makes It Law to Cut Emissions by 40-45% for 2030, but Does It Matter?

Canada has a long history of missing emission targets. Its latest goal was made law under the new Bill C-12, the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act.


Canada Makes It Law to Cut Emissions by 40%-45% by 2030, but Does It Matter?

Canada has a long history of missing emission targets. Its latest goal was made law under the new Bill C-12, the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act.