CARBON COPY
Re “Trudeau’s carbon tax – the good, bad and ugly” (Editorial, July 15): When Yves Giroux mentions the “full cost of Trudeau’s carbon tax” he isn’t painting the full picture. Although mentioned nowhere in the editorial, Giroux admits in the PBO report that the impacts of climate change (on our economy, health and otherwise) were not taken into account when considering the net positives or negatives of carbon pricing for Canadians. A report on carbon pricing without considering climate change is like a report on smoke detectors without considering fire … useless.
Mark Taylor
Calgary
(Getting the full picture is important but it doesn’t take away from the one significant aspect the carbon tax does little for the environment, instead takes more money out of Canadian‘s pockets)
BY ALL ACCOUNTS
The editorial “PM’s carbon tax – the good, bad and ugly” (July 15) emphasizes the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s report that most people will be worse off financially, despite the carbon tax rebates. However, the report doesn’t take into consideration how the carbon tax will stimulate the economy, as it has done in B.C. for several years. It also doesn’t determine the economic benefits of slowing greenhouse gases before they’ve caused costly damage to our infrastructure, health and environment, which will make every one of us worse off overall.
Rachel Keir
Toronto
(We don’t believe these talking points from the Liberals)
BIG PICTURE
The report by Parliament’s financial watchdog that carbon pricing will deliver a net loss to most households is flawed. It is narrowly focused on how the carbon price would impact the economy in isolation. It failed to take into consideration the positive impact of recycling of carbon pricing revenues on households, the job-creating stimulus of strong climate action and the negative impacts of failing to act decisively on the climate crisis now. Future reports of the indirect costs of carbon pricing from Parliament’s financial watchdog must provide a complete picture. Countless studies have shown that carbon pricing is superior to regulation and subsidizing clean energy in efficiency in reducing GHGs and those two other policies actually do cost the taxpayer. The planet is getting too hot to handle. We don’t have time for incomplete analysis.
Cathy Orlando
Sudbury
(You don’t honestly believe Trudeau will invest the money for the environment, do you?)
HAIR AFFAIR
Re “Even barber hates him” (Mark Daniell, July 18): The article on Justin Trudeau’s hair is proof that the news media does not know how to differentiate between the sensational but insignificant and the important but boring.
Allan Goldbach
Toronto
(But we can distinguish between a good haircut and an embarrassing one)
UNWAVERING SUPPORT
Why is it that the Raptors do what they can to build a winner and the Blue Jays fire a coach who is a good man but got shelved after a long losing streak, both with the intent of finding success, yet the Maple Leafs organization has such contempt for the fans that they keep another losing combination together regardless of almost never getting out of the first round? Fans seem to get what the Raptors and Jays do, yet they still support a Leafs organization that continues to pay big money for perennial losers?
Dr. Steve Starkman
Toronto
(Well, yes)
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