Opinion: This seems like an awfully bad time for Trudeau to be nourishing his entitled surfer dude persona. But it may at least have the virtue of authenticity
Robert Kokonis, president of the aviation consultancy AirTrav, told the Financial Post this week that by 2030, a family of four could “easily” be paying $600 in carbon tax for a flight from Toronto to Vancouver.
— Andrew Scheer April 26, 2019“That’s the point,” several intelligent people replied on social media, and of course they’re right. The promise that most families will get all their carbon expenses back at tax time is supposed to help the pill go down, but the whole idea of carbon pricing is that people will react to immediate price signals by purchasing fewer and less carbon-intensive things.
It’s also possible not to go away for Easter weekend at all — or at least not far. You could do a lot worse than Netflix and chilling by the fireplace at Harrington Lake. Some cross-country skiing, a schvitz in the new sauna. Let the kids run around outside until they’re dead on their feet, have chef prepare his finest ham, invite a few friends around.
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