I am merely a simple man, so I don’t understand the doings of my betters. We are in a climate emergency; I must give up decadent items like plastic wrapped meat to save the planet; however, the government packs up the whole cabinet along with the standard assortment of security, aides and advisors and ships them off to PEI for a Cabinet meeting. How many planes did this take? Why could this meeting not happen in Ottawa when they are all in the city? Are they not worried about their carbon footprint. Why does it seem like they are doing the sort of thing they have passed taxes to disincentivize?
Truthfully, the Ministers meeting offsite is fine with me. It is the hypocrisy of a jet-setting elite imposing evergrowing costs on such things for us. Just as there is the hypocrisy of the elites saying they are worried about high housing and rental costs while profiting from being landlords. 31% of the ministers in the new cabinet are landlords.
The line on the government website is that the carbon tax is a price on carbon pollution. Such a tax is most visible when we use carbon directly, such as by gassing up our cars or heating our homes; however, it works its way into almost every aspect of your life. Food and other goods need to be shipped, which uses fuel. Those costs will be passed on to you. Everything will get more expensive, and that is the point. The taxes have to cause pain to enough people that they change their behaviour. This means eating less meat, driving less, putting off holidays, and delaying significant purchases. “By 2030, when the price of carbon is expected to reach $170 per tonne, most households will see a net loss, despite the rebate payments offered by the federal government to offset the surcharge.” Guilbeault says the rich will pay more because they consume more. This is true, but they are not the ones who will have to scale back their lifestyles; they pay for their sins like old-time Catholics paying for indulgences. They will be able to pay the price to keep their lifestyle or have it paid for by the taxpayers. How much more will it have to hurt before you have to adjust your lifestyle?
The pain is the point, remember that.
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