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The Fate of BC's Carbon Tax

Posted on September 05, 2008

by Eric de PlaceWhat Canada's tax shift means for the U.S.British Columbia's recent carbon tax made waves in the US. (Sightline's written about it here, here, and here.) But it's not terribly popular in BC, as economist Marc Lee of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives explains: While there are plenty of good reasons why the Liberals should get beaten up at the polls, one of the key reasons for the change is the carbon tax, due to an aggressive (if questionable) campaign by the NDP and poor communications by the government.In some public opinion work I've seen, two messages about BC's...

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