Juno News - Trudeau's passion for carbon taxes

00:00:00.000 Is Justin Trudeau seriously going to keep increasing the carbon tax?

00:00:04.700 Right now, with all we know about the directions the economy is headed in.

00:00:08.980 Well, right now it certainly looks that way, but we gotta keep asking the question.

00:00:13.480 So back in April, the carbon tax was slated to be increased.

00:00:16.720 Now there was talk of, are you gonna maybe pause it, are you gonna give a reprieve on that?

00:00:20.560 No, not gonna do it. Care too much about this carbon tax thing.

00:00:23.780 I know Canadians are hurting, I know the price of goods are going up,

00:00:26.360 but I love me some carbon tax, so Justin Trudeau, keep it going. Increasing it.

00:00:31.820 Now we've got something called the Clean Fuel Standard that's slated to come into effect later this year,

00:00:36.600 which is basically a second carbon tax.

00:00:38.960 It's acknowledged that it's gonna increase the price of gas by 11 cents per liter.

00:00:43.080 Not at once, it'll just be a couple cents initially, it takes a few years to get up to that full price.

00:00:47.820 But still, a second carbon tax, put on the price of gas, and you'll feel it on other products as well.

00:00:53.280 Is this really still in the books, given what's going on right now?

00:00:57.300 Crazy headlines about the direction the economy is headed.

00:01:00.480 Canadians saying if interest rates go up, a quarter of mortgage owners might have to sell their homes.

00:01:05.840 Wow, that is quite something.

00:01:07.480 Stories about retirees, or prospective retirees, pushing back retirement because of cost of living.

00:01:12.920 They just can't afford it.

00:01:14.340 And here we have a situation where Trudeau says,

00:01:16.640 I know, but I love the carbon tax so much, and I love the second carbon tax so much.

00:01:20.060 I just gotta bring them all in.

00:01:21.360 I gotta keep ratcheting up the first one.

00:01:23.460 I gotta bring the second one in as well.

00:01:25.480 Is he going to have a change of heart?

00:01:27.920 Is he gonna acknowledge that you gotta put this zealotry, this ideology behind you,

00:01:32.580 and you've gotta see that soon Canadians are really gonna be hurting?

00:01:37.160 I mean, this is something that's getting very serious.

00:01:39.800 And that's the question people have to keep asking.

00:01:42.160 I mean, at a certain point, it's no longer about,

00:01:44.560 do you prioritize this policy or that policy?

00:01:46.900 I mean, at a certain point, it just becomes downright cruel.

00:01:51.360 I'm sorry.

00:01:54.800 I mean, at a certain point, it's no longer about getting people in a AlternativeLab.

Juno News - June 19, 2022