• betanumerus@lemmy.ca
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    17 days ago

    A carbon tax is still one of the best ways to address climate change without confronting capitalism. In Canada, the liberals are the only ones who have put it forward. I have no indication that conservatives are willing to take their turn implementing a carbon tax so I’m not sure why this article takes aim at liberals.

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      17 days ago

      I have no indication that conservatives are willing to take their turn implementing a carbon tax so I’m not sure why this article takes aim at liberals.

      This is small l liberals, as in the political ideology, but also, as the article points out, the Liberals under Carney repealed the carbon tax. That’s a very small part of why the article takes aim at liberals.

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      17 days ago

      All that happens is that big polluters buy smaller polluter’s carbon credits to continue producing at normal operation. It doesn’t solve the problem, it just makes a new market to get rich with.