The flaw I see here is I don’t think the Conservatives voting down the govt at the Throne Speech will cast them as hypocrites on the carbon tax. They’ll frame it as “This Government’s Time Is Up. We’re not playing their games anymore. They don’t get to stay in power just because they say they’ll cancel a policy - a hated policy that they brought in, by the way. They need to go, and then we’ll axe the tax as promised in 6 weeks .”
I think the angle here has to be about responding to Trump and his tariffs. So, the throne speech has to have a sense of urgency and country before politics: we are in a critical moment, it is urgent that we introduce the following policies to respond to trump’s tariffs and threats and to protect and gird Canada. Relief, military spending, etc etc and we are axing the carbon tax. We need to renegotiate CUSMA. And we will call an election soon after we get these ducks in a row. We look forward to that fight, but we must respond to this very serious moment first. Country before politics.
That would make it a bit harder for the conservatives to vote them down at the throne. But I still think they could vote them down and not take a hit, or a very minimal one. But it’s worth a try and I also fwiw feel this is true. We need some govt action after this lame duck period before we got into 6 weeks of campaigning.
This approach makes 100% sense, but I think the Carbon Tax will be the least of our concerns in the coming months. The question on how to deal with Trump and all his 51st state talk will drown out any other topic.
I think in this situation it is still preferable for Carney to go early with elections. After all is there any better ballot question for the Liberals than “who do you want to stand for Canada against Trump, Carney or Poilievre?”
I was at a Mark Carney event in Hamilton, ON yesterday (Feb 19), and he emphatically said if he is elected leader of the Liberal party, the carbon tax will be gone by April 1st. Looks like he took your advice Evan!
Carney has said he would want to consider a tariff response and aside from the Carbon tax I think he would do a budget update of some kind to lay out what the Liberals will do if elected. Painting PP into a corner is part of the plan, I’m sure.
The flaw I see here is I don’t think the Conservatives voting down the govt at the Throne Speech will cast them as hypocrites on the carbon tax. They’ll frame it as “This Government’s Time Is Up. We’re not playing their games anymore. They don’t get to stay in power just because they say they’ll cancel a policy - a hated policy that they brought in, by the way. They need to go, and then we’ll axe the tax as promised in 6 weeks .”
I think the angle here has to be about responding to Trump and his tariffs. So, the throne speech has to have a sense of urgency and country before politics: we are in a critical moment, it is urgent that we introduce the following policies to respond to trump’s tariffs and threats and to protect and gird Canada. Relief, military spending, etc etc and we are axing the carbon tax. We need to renegotiate CUSMA. And we will call an election soon after we get these ducks in a row. We look forward to that fight, but we must respond to this very serious moment first. Country before politics.
That would make it a bit harder for the conservatives to vote them down at the throne. But I still think they could vote them down and not take a hit, or a very minimal one. But it’s worth a try and I also fwiw feel this is true. We need some govt action after this lame duck period before we got into 6 weeks of campaigning.
Absolutely correct. The carbon tax will never be good ground for the Liberals - any Liberal.
Do you have any idea how cynical Carney would look to try and paint himself as the true “anti carbon tax” champion? Give me a fucking break.
He should just call an election for a May vote because it’s the right thing to do. He has no legitimacy. He’s never been elected to anything.
Then he can try and show he’s better than PP.
But anything that smacks of playing games? Ughhh.
This approach makes 100% sense, but I think the Carbon Tax will be the least of our concerns in the coming months. The question on how to deal with Trump and all his 51st state talk will drown out any other topic.
I think in this situation it is still preferable for Carney to go early with elections. After all is there any better ballot question for the Liberals than “who do you want to stand for Canada against Trump, Carney or Poilievre?”
I was at a Mark Carney event in Hamilton, ON yesterday (Feb 19), and he emphatically said if he is elected leader of the Liberal party, the carbon tax will be gone by April 1st. Looks like he took your advice Evan!
Carney has said he would want to consider a tariff response and aside from the Carbon tax I think he would do a budget update of some kind to lay out what the Liberals will do if elected. Painting PP into a corner is part of the plan, I’m sure.
Great, thoughtful advice.