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Carney promises to scrap carbon pricing if he becomes Prime Minister (archive.is)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/canada
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As someone who supports the carbon rebate and thinks it's a good policy, I have to admit that Carney is right. Trudeau screwed up the implementation, and now a policy that gives most Canadians more money than they pay is a third rail.

Replacing the tax with something more acceptable, and equally effective seems like a good way forward.

Original: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-mark-carney-consumer-carbon-tax-liberal-leadership-race/

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

As someone who supports the carbon rebate and thinks it's a good policy, I have to admit that Carney is right.

Regrettably true. At this point trying to convince people of the value of it is a losing battle. If Carney's plan is basically "Do climate incentives, but slightly differently so we can say we got rid of the Carbon Tax" I'd say that's a very savvy move.

If anything, this is exactly the kind of leader we need; someone who knows how to pick their battles, and how to achieve good progressive policy goals in ways that will get public support. I'm not a fan of the Liberals in general, I think their centrist corporatist politics are drowning us slowly, but God do I wish the NDP could learn to think like this.