I will keep this simple. I cannot support someone who does not support the carbon tax, unless they can convince me that there proposal would be better. Given that such luminaries as Greenspan, Yellen and Bernanke support a climate tax, I think getting a better idea is doubtful
I haven't seen the interview and I don't know Crombie very well, given I am not living in the GTA. However, I think the OLP and ONPD should stop of only focusing of stealing urban voters from each other and go at Ford voters, which are more in rural and surbuban areas. The main reason why a so incompetent premier was reelected is that the NPD and the OLP are too busy fighting each other to go after Ford base. By distancing herself from the carbon tax, she wants probably to send her message to the centre/centre-right. Anyway, let's be honest, PP was totally sucessfull in making support to the carbon tax toxic for any politicians outside Québec and BC. However, the challenge for the anti-carbon tax politicans is to propose something else in exchange wich is not based on imaginary technologies or long-term dreams. This is will be the case especially for Crombie, who would to make gain at the centre right and the centre left at the same time.
I read the transcript of the interview at city news. Unless the interview was edited for length, this particular question was part of series of questions that were answered with relative short statements. Yes, she could have answered differently, but also it to appeared not to be the time and place to get into deep policy decisions.
And it may be smart to keep her options open on this topic. There are all kinds of ways that this could go. The Ontario liberals could propose to join the cap and trade scheme that Quebec follows. Or develop its own system, just like BC. Attaching herself for 100% to the federal carbon tax may be unhelpful if the her federal counterparts completely mess up the file. Or if we have a summer with wildfires 10x of what we had last summer, then it may be politically prudent to go further than the federal carbon tax.
Now, if in 6-12 months it is still completely unclear where the Ontario Liberals are heading on climate change, yes, that would be a failure. But for now, avoiding this topic may be right option.
I will keep this simple. I cannot support someone who does not support the carbon tax, unless they can convince me that there proposal would be better. Given that such luminaries as Greenspan, Yellen and Bernanke support a climate tax, I think getting a better idea is doubtful
I haven't seen the interview and I don't know Crombie very well, given I am not living in the GTA. However, I think the OLP and ONPD should stop of only focusing of stealing urban voters from each other and go at Ford voters, which are more in rural and surbuban areas. The main reason why a so incompetent premier was reelected is that the NPD and the OLP are too busy fighting each other to go after Ford base. By distancing herself from the carbon tax, she wants probably to send her message to the centre/centre-right. Anyway, let's be honest, PP was totally sucessfull in making support to the carbon tax toxic for any politicians outside Québec and BC. However, the challenge for the anti-carbon tax politicans is to propose something else in exchange wich is not based on imaginary technologies or long-term dreams. This is will be the case especially for Crombie, who would to make gain at the centre right and the centre left at the same time.
Many of us in Ontario like our climate rebate, As a 79 year old senior, I sure do.
I read the transcript of the interview at city news. Unless the interview was edited for length, this particular question was part of series of questions that were answered with relative short statements. Yes, she could have answered differently, but also it to appeared not to be the time and place to get into deep policy decisions.
And it may be smart to keep her options open on this topic. There are all kinds of ways that this could go. The Ontario liberals could propose to join the cap and trade scheme that Quebec follows. Or develop its own system, just like BC. Attaching herself for 100% to the federal carbon tax may be unhelpful if the her federal counterparts completely mess up the file. Or if we have a summer with wildfires 10x of what we had last summer, then it may be politically prudent to go further than the federal carbon tax.
Now, if in 6-12 months it is still completely unclear where the Ontario Liberals are heading on climate change, yes, that would be a failure. But for now, avoiding this topic may be right option.