Earth Equity News

Poll Indicates Gaining Support for Carbon Tax Across Canada. CanWest, May 26, 2008. "Canadians are warming up to the prospect of paying an environmental tax on activities that cause climate change, but they don't necessarily expect to get the money back in the form of income tax cuts, a new poll has revealed... When told that the government of British Columbia had recently introduced 'a carbon tax on fossil fuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,' 72% of those surveyed... said that it was a positive step... The strongest support for a carbon tax appears to come from Quebec and the Atlantic provinces where 81% and 77% of respondents, respectively, said that the B.C. tax was a positive step. The findings come as political parties in Ottawa are publicly feuding over whether an environmental tax would be the best way to fight global warming and protect the earth's ecosystems."