Carbon tax

IN THE HOUSE – Whole story needs to be told about B.C.’s carbon tax

May 8, 2019 // 4 Comments

Excerpt from a speech by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod in the House of Commons on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. WE OFTEN HEAR members in the House hold up British [Continue]

FORSETH – The Armchair Mayor asked what a tax grab is – here’s the answer

April 14, 2019 // 4 Comments

WHAT IS A TAX GRAB, the Armchair Mayor asked, in an editorial, where he also commented that ‘TAX GRAB’ is such a nasty term. I’ll now present an edited version of his [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What is this ‘tax grab’ so many people complain about?

April 11, 2019 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘TAX GRAB’ is such a nasty term. Nobody likes a tax grab. None of us likes to pay taxes at all, let alone when there’s a tax grab [Continue]

McQUARRIE – We need to do something about the direction the Titanic is taking

March 3, 2019 // 3 Comments

YOUR COMMENTS ON my last column about day-care and taxation showed a unity of mind I wasn’t quite expecting. Yes, there was the expected, ‘Not my problem, not with my [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Using the future of our planet as a political football

October 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

CANADIANS, INCLUDING BUSINESS GROUPS, support Trudeau’s proposed carbon-pricing plan announced Tuesday. So why are some politicians opposed? The short answer is politics, [Continue]

McQUARRIE – The foolishness of the make-believe ‘revenue-neutral’ carbon tax

October 12, 2016 // 3 Comments

IN THIS COLUMN I’ll be talking about British Columbia’s carbon tax. But wait. Don’t click on and close this tab quite yet, as the next 700 or so words won’t [Continue]