The Senate should be partisan, as opposed to 'independent'. This is for the simple fact that the party system is the only check for the people of Canada given Senate seats are appointed. I heard your pal Scott Reid make that point, at some point, and I kinda agree with him. IMHO the Senate should be abolished but that will never happen.
Good guest. It's a welcome novelty to hear about practical considerations in the long term shift toward sustainable living, rather ideological pearl clutching and vilification of industry. Edited to add, re Geoff's "sermon," we're not building a better future, we're not building anything, because we can't finance it. Good intentions do not fund themselves, but absolutely do pave the path to hell.
Regarding the carbon tax, there are some truly bizarre rationalizations in this week's podcast, which go something along these lines: 1. It's not revenue neutral (as originally conceived) anymore, so it's not credible anymore. Well, the federal carbon rebate/tax programme is revenue neutral, so do you support replacing the BC carbon tax with the federal one then? And if you support eliminating the carbon tax altogether, are you also in favour of restoring the taxes that the Campbell government reduced as a direct result of the introduction of the carbon tax? 2. Carbon emissions have gone down and the carbon tax did such a great job driving that reduction, we don't need to use it any longer as an incentive to reduce consumer pollution! This is the kind of intellectually dishonest, deeply flawed logic that strains the credibility of not only a guest who purports to promote carbon emission reductions, but also one of the hosts who seems desperate for any justification to eliminate any tax and rebate programme aimed to incentivize consumers to reduce carbon pollution. The reason EV sales are higher in BC and QC is not some fluke, it is directly due to a combination of carrots (rebates) and stick (carbon tax). Listening to your guest and one of the hosts turn themselves inside-out to justify the elimination of a programme that has done so much for the environment was truly bewildering, and sad.
The Senate should be partisan, as opposed to 'independent'. This is for the simple fact that the party system is the only check for the people of Canada given Senate seats are appointed. I heard your pal Scott Reid make that point, at some point, and I kinda agree with him. IMHO the Senate should be abolished but that will never happen.
Good guest. It's a welcome novelty to hear about practical considerations in the long term shift toward sustainable living, rather ideological pearl clutching and vilification of industry.
Edited to add, re Geoff's "sermon," we're not building a better future, we're not building anything, because we can't finance it. Good intentions do not fund themselves, but absolutely do pave the path to hell.
Regarding the carbon tax, there are some truly bizarre rationalizations in this week's podcast, which go something along these lines:
1. It's not revenue neutral (as originally conceived) anymore, so it's not credible anymore.
Well, the federal carbon rebate/tax programme is revenue neutral, so do you support replacing the BC carbon tax with the federal one then? And if you support eliminating the carbon tax altogether, are you also in favour of restoring the taxes that the Campbell government reduced as a direct result of the introduction of the carbon tax?
2. Carbon emissions have gone down and the carbon tax did such a great job driving that reduction, we don't need to use it any longer as an incentive to reduce consumer pollution!
This is the kind of intellectually dishonest, deeply flawed logic that strains the credibility of not only a guest who purports to promote carbon emission reductions, but also one of the hosts who seems desperate for any justification to eliminate any tax and rebate programme aimed to incentivize consumers to reduce carbon pollution. The reason EV sales are higher in BC and QC is not some fluke, it is directly due to a combination of carrots (rebates) and stick (carbon tax).
Listening to your guest and one of the hosts turn themselves inside-out to justify the elimination of a programme that has done so much for the environment was truly bewildering, and sad.