Trudeau's passion for carbon taxes
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Summary
Is Justin Trudeau seriously going to keep increasing the carbon tax? Is he going to have a change of heart, or will he continue to increase the price of gas, electricity, and other goods and services, to the point where it becomes unbearable?
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Is Justin Trudeau seriously going to keep increasing the carbon tax?
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Right now, with all we know about the directions the economy is headed in.
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Well, right now it certainly looks that way, but we gotta keep asking the question.
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So back in April, the carbon tax was slated to be increased.
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Now there was talk of, are you gonna maybe pause it, are you gonna give a reprieve on that?
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No, not gonna do it. Care too much about this carbon tax thing.
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I know Canadians are hurting, I know the price of goods are going up,
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but I love me some carbon tax, so Justin Trudeau, keep it going. Increasing it.
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Now we've got something called the Clean Fuel Standard that's slated to come into effect later this year,
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It's acknowledged that it's gonna increase the price of gas by 11 cents per liter.
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Not at once, it'll just be a couple cents initially, it takes a few years to get up to that full price.
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But still, a second carbon tax, put on the price of gas, and you'll feel it on other products as well.
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Is this really still in the books, given what's going on right now?
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Crazy headlines about the direction the economy is headed.
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Canadians saying if interest rates go up, a quarter of mortgage owners might have to sell their homes.
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Stories about retirees, or prospective retirees, pushing back retirement because of cost of living.
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And here we have a situation where Trudeau says,
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I know, but I love the carbon tax so much, and I love the second carbon tax so much.
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Is he gonna acknowledge that you gotta put this zealotry, this ideology behind you,
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and you've gotta see that soon Canadians are really gonna be hurting?
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I mean, this is something that's getting very serious.
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And that's the question people have to keep asking.
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I mean, at a certain point, it's no longer about,
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I mean, at a certain point, it just becomes downright cruel.
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I mean, at a certain point, it's no longer about getting people in a AlternativeLab.