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Carbon tax riles northern B.C.
Friday, March 28, 2008
The Globe And Mail -- VANCOUVER — The B.C. government's plan to bring in North America's first all-out carbon tax is facing opposition from northern communities in the province, with some suggesting it penalizes rural residents who need to drive more.

The concerns have been outlined in seven resolutions up for debate at the coming annual general meeting of the North Central Municipal Association, representing 41 northern local governments.

One of the most pointed resolution, from the Regional District of Kitimat Stikine, calls the tax "punitive and inequitable" toward northern residents, and calls on the association and the Union of B.C. Municipalities to lobby the provincial government to exempt northern B.C. from the tax.


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Friday, March 28, 2008
The Globe And Mail -- VANCOUVER — The B.C. government's plan to bring in North America's first all-out carbon tax is facing opposition from northern communities in the province, with some suggesting it penalizes rural residents who need to drive more.

The concerns have been outlined in seven resolutions up for debate at the coming annual general meeting of the North Central Municipal Association, representing 41 northern local governments.

One of the most pointed resolution, from the Regional District of Kitimat Stikine, calls the tax "punitive and inequitable" toward northern residents, and calls on the association and the Union of B.C. Municipalities to lobby the provincial government to exempt northern B.C. from the tax.

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FaithAlone
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Great post Lenguado!
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older reply than that...
POLELANE
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old reply to old news
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Old News.
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Please don't confuse us with the facts; we'd rather bask in our ignorance!
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AWWWWWW, I feel so sorry for the poor poor pitiful Canadians having to pay more taxes. When you elect a Socialist Government, that is what you get. Kinda like electing Demoncrats in the good 'ole USofA.

Anthropogenic Global Warming (or Global Climate Change in the new lexicon since ‘warming’ is no longer happening....) is a hoax being played out by the 'One Worlders' to scam and scaremonger the ignorant population (dumb masses - said quickly) to cry for the UN to take over the world. Say "Hello" to "Logan's Run" and get ready to start eating 'Solient Green' - I hear it tastes like chicken and is better with Tabasco. (Yes, I know - two different movies.)

The SCIENCE tells us that increased CO2 (that would be carbon dioxide for all the dm’s) densities in the atmosphere FOLLOW global warming trends (due to increased sun activity) and decreased CO2 densities in the atmosphere FOLLOW global cooling trends (due to decreased sun activity). This is because the earth’s oceans contain massive quantities of absorbed CO2 in solution, and when there is warming, the absorbed CO2 is released into the atmosphere (like in a soda for those of you who went to government indoctrination centers for your edumacation). And when the earth/atmosphere cool, the CO2 is re-absorbed. Pretty simple actually.

So if current real SCIENCE tells us this, HOW can increased CO2 in the atmosphere (whether man-made or not) CAUSE Global Climate Change??? ALL truly informed commentators on AGW know that water vapor in the atmosphere is the TRUE driver of the “greenhouse’ effect. (And what is it that a hydrogen vehicle emits from it’s tailpipe again????)

This is ALL BESIDES THE FACT that all the CO2 released by man into the atmosphere is somewhere around one tenth of one percent (0.1 %) to three tenths of one percent (0.3 %) of ALL CO2 in the atmosphere. A single volcano releases more CO2 than ALL the CO2 released by man in the last 40 years.

I know, I know, the earth has cooled and warmed for eon’s before man started burning oil and coal to warm our buildings or put gas in our automobiles…. Blah blah blah…. Please don’t confuse me with the facts….. I know, I know, human and animal life has been much better off during the warmer periods in recorded history as ‘dsegrist’ pointed out - due to better growing seasons; as opposed to when the earth was cooler (mini ice ages) where people died by the millions due to starvation and pestilence. Again, please don’t point out things that I don’t want to hear because it conflicts with the world view that has been implanted in my head by agenda driven idiots who want to control your every breath – or maintain their government funding for fake research. I can only hold so many conflicts in my brain at any one time, and I am already occupied on who to vote for on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and ‘American Idol’ and who I think will win the Superbowl this year. Besides, I have to concentrate on my Fantasy Baseball Team….. Please just let me live my life of ignorance and bliss – and to HATE everyone else who doesn’t’ agree with me.
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Good
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still even more old news
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I wonder why?
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Everyone should be taxed the same, soaking the rich kills the economy which would happen under Obama and Clinton. Even JFK understood that.
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Move further into the wilderness.
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Vote it out . . .
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Old news again
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A tax that riles people? Hum.
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taxes rile me!
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Nobody really wants more tax, because that means more government, and that means more chances of a C- dud like "W"... still, having the one who use the most pay the most makes sense...
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Four day old news...
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wonder who they blamed (carbon tax idea) when the Romans were able to grow wine grapes in England 1,500 years ago....
Bravo hockeylady! What a scam global warming has become. Crude oil is not even from fossils-another scam from tree huggers.Find out for yourselves-don't listen to worldly people with agendas.
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Because GAS is not the only fossil fuel consumed, nor are cars the only contributors to the carbon emissions suffocating our planet.
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Ouch!
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Why not just call it a gas tax?

The root of the tax is not out of wanting to be "greener."

The root of the tax is to get more money to promote wasteful spending on government projects.
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Old news.
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This article is 3 days old.
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SAME OLE NEWS
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Last week's news.
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Scam. meh.
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Same old news!
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old news
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Criminals.
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It would rile me, too.
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GUESS WHERE THEY CAN STICK THEIR TAX!
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wonder who they blamed (carbon tax idea) when the Romans were able to grow wine grapes in England 1,500 years ago....
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old.
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Of course the sun is main cause for Global Warming (or at least the greenhouse effect, on which life depends), but that's the NATURAL part. Carbon emissions are the ANTHROPOGENIC part, which lead the the increase in temperature over the last ~100 years, which the earth can't easily deal with. So the problem lies in the carbon emissions, and we need to deal with them. If you read the serious scientific literature, you'll find that scientist agree on this.
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Very old news
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I agree that global warming's main cause is not carbon emissions - it's the sun & sunspot activity - direct correlation. The carbon deal is yet another large scam...IMHO of course.
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what's next
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I agree ... very old news. Tax issues have plagued society since the dawn of civilization. Politics corrupts and taxes morality.
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This story is over 3 days old!!!....
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very old news
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A carbon tax is crazy:
1) what is the Gov't going to do with the extra revenue?
2) CO may not be the cause of global warming. After all, what caused the ICE age to end? We (man) certainly did not cause that, by burning oil!
3) What about Farmers who use diesel fuel to plant crops? The crops take more CO out of the air, than the diesel puts in to the air. Do the farmers get a carbon tax rebate? Answer - NO!
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Is Kitimat Stikine the redneck neck area of BC sometimes called Cascadia?
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ledoy says: "hey think TAX is the answer for everything."

Well, I don't know about that, but the Republicans think that tax CUTS for the rich and big business are the answer to everything! I guess the answer must be somewhere in between. Are the big oil companies still getting subsidies (instead of the money going to develop alternatives)?
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The carbon tax is based on the false premise of man-made global warming. It shoule rile all thinking taxpayers.
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old news
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This is crazy!
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Just a way for the government to collect more taxes...
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all money and all assets belong to the government, they are generous when they let us keep a little
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