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From the Globe and Mail

“The Green Party is calling for carbon taxes that would increase gasoline prices by at least 12 cents per litre as a way to help avert what it calls global environmental mayhem,” The Canadian Press reported Tuesday in its story May calls for carbon tax

“We need carbon taxes,” Green Party Leader Elizabeth May proclaimed as she introduced her party’s new climate change plan, entitled A New Energy Revolution to Avert Global Catastrophe.

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By Arthur Weinreb, Canada Free Press

This week, the Green Party of Canada released its policy on climate change entitled, A New Energy Revolution to Avert Global Catastrophe. Wow; straight and right to the point. Party leader Elizabeth May announced that the Greens would impose a carbon tax of $50 per tonne of carbon dioxide emissions, an amount that would double by 2010. It is estimated that the $50 tax would add 12 cents to the cost of a litre of gasoline. Actually that figure is not entirely accurate; this Canada where we tax taxes. The carbon tax attributed to a litre of gasoline would also be subject to the GST.

While other politicians like Liberal MP Dan McTeague constantly rant and whine about gas prices being too high while others tell tales of conspiracies involving the big, bad oil companies, finally we have a politician and a political party that knows the truth about gasoline prices. And they aren’t afraid to talk about it.

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