Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   of the country was financing the rest of the country. That would seem unfair to that part of the country. So we anticipated that. The final argument was made by the parliamentary secretary, who described this as a “carbon tax” and a “tax grab” and “buying your way out”. I don't understand

Environment committee   that there wasn't really a sound assessment of some of the decisions made by government. When you recently introduced—I know you won't call it this, but it's essentially what it is—a carbon tax on cars with larger engines, the bigger polluting cars, did you have a list of which cars would

The Budget   do we find an auto sector strategy. Moreover, the carbon tax that is going to be imposed on vehicles that are not fuel efficient is going to impact the very middle class families that the government says it wants to help. Parents who are driving their kids to hockey, soccer

The Environment   and my party are very interested in and which carries a great deal of potential. That is the use of economic instruments. Here we have to be clear. Economic instruments in the area of the environment embrace a broad range of tools, including carbon taxes to which we are opposed. We

Question No. 55  The November 2002 Climate Change Plan for Canada contains no proposals regarding carbon taxes or well head taxes. It has been a long standing position that a carbon tax will not be part of the Government of Canada’s approach to addressing climate change.

Government Operations committee  I'll say it on the record: I prefer not to have a carbon tax; I'd prefer to let senior citizens have a decent price for energy. But I want to talk a bit. I'm a little more familiar with Alberta's Built Green program for residential buildings. But I can see

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   cases, the rest of the world is actually moving closer to doing it. A few last comments. On policy mechanisms, my view is that the central policy mechanism must be something that leaves people free to innovate, and that means a strong price signal. I personally favour a carbon tax

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   understand how the market works, because the alternative to the market is a carbon tax.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   along and the largest group of countries currently involved in this exercise, that we take our lessons there? That is to say that we probably want a cap-and-trade system rather than a carbon tax system because that's where Europe is, and that gives us a market to go to. We probably

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I know this is probably my last question in terms of what I have time for, so I'm wondering if both the witnesses could talk about their perceptions on the importance and utility of carbon tax as part of a variety of measures that could be utilized to reduce greenhouse gas

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Sorry. In your answer, could you perhaps talk about the experience of member states that have utilized carbon tax, and whether or not that has been an effective vehicle for them, relative to other member states?

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  They were effective towards the individual consumer. We saw that when the carbon tax was implemented to industrial activities, there were limitations to the extent that such a tax could be levied.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   of the environment committee, who is a fine fellow, and I want to make that clear. At the time, Mr. Mills said: Placing the control of greenhouse gas emissions under the CEPA would be a de facto carbon tax, which would result in the loss of thousands of jobs and would increase the cost of heat

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I'm not recommending a target for the country. What I'd like to provide to the country are the marginal costs of different target levels. The target you see in the diagram in front of you says that we would have to shift toward a carbon tax or its equivalent through regulation

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   or unrealistic, and it is neither. However, Canada must be prepared to spend money. The government's first budget in May 2005 slashed climate change spending from $4 billion to $2 billion over the following five years. If we need money, this is the time to create a green fund, a carbon tax