Canadas painful new carbon tax being introduced by the Prime Minister.

Why is this happening?

The big reason is because Canada made a commitment/promise to take steps forward in reducing/ slowing the effects global warmings.

By creating a carbon tax the Prime Minister believes more people will take public transit instead of drive and people will be more thoughtful on their fuel consumption. Also, this would push businesses and corporations to find gas/oil saving technology for themselves. One of the last biggest arguments for the carbon tax is that it will create hundreds of new jobs in the resource savings technology industry.

However, there are downfalls to every argument in favor of the carbon tax. The hope that more people will take public transportation only works if the city has enough public transportation will a wide enough reach throughout the city and doesn't even consider people who have to drive outside of the city for work or are disabled in some way or our seniors and cannot take public transit for a particular reasons. This will end up costing lots of the population money. For many, it's already hard enough to survive in the economy with the jobs they have or can't find.
Pushing corporations and business to find solutions will most likely mean a lot of people will be losing their jobs because the company can't afford to operate with all the extra costs from the carbon tax.

It is good to lessen the contribution to global warming from our country however carbon tax is not (in my opinion) the way to go about it. Considering the fuels from vehicles is not the number one cause of emissions affecting global warming.


To find out the lastest on the carbon tax and words from the Prime Minster check out this website: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/10/04/justin-trudeau-defends-carbon-tax-strategy.html