'Green Shift' Critics Not Silenced By Dion's Revisions.

Resource News International;  September 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ......environmental proposal, dubbed the Green Shift,' is a carbon tax meant to punish Canada...taking the view that the Green Shift's carbon tax would make it more difficult...they are exempt from the carbon tax. The Green Shift overlooks the ...

Wild Rose Country open to 'Green Shift'

Winnipeg Free Press;  July 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ......controversial carbon tax to skeptical Albertans...leader and his "Green Shift" proposal. Ordinary...screwed" by a carbon tax, did not form...who dislike the carbon tax, it's probably...atmosphere. With the Green Shift, Canadians have...principle of a ...

Liberal Green Shift Plan Gets Negative Reaction From Trucking Industry ;...

Marketwire;  June 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ......introduced his party's carbon tax plan on June 19th...thing." Dubbed "Green Shift", the allegedly...make that tax a carbon tax, and earmark the...is espoused in Green Shift. "There is no tax...Bradley contends. The Green Shift plan is silent...to collect ...

Liberal Green Shift Plan Gets Negative Reaction From Trucking Industry;...

Canadian Corporate News;  June 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ......introduced his party's carbon tax plan on June 19th...good thing. Dubbed Green Shift , the allegedly...make that tax a carbon tax, and earmark the...is espoused in Green Shift. There is no tax...Bradley contends. The Green Shift plan is silent...to collect ...

Dion's carbon tax proposal won't wash in Alberta

Winnipeg Free Press;  July 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ......includes $2 billion for carbon capture and sequestration...Enbridge, for example, said a carbon tax -- possibly at the pumps...Liberal Leader Stephane Dion's carbon tax proposal could be more of...chat board poster. "The carbon tax proposal by Dion is proof...which he ...

Cold feet over carbon tax? (Netherlands imposes the tax to cut carbon...

Chemistry and Industry;  March 2, 1992 ;     700+ words ......courage, but just how effective would a carbon tax be? asks Ferry Biedermann The prospects...Community is studying the imposition of a carbon tax as a way of cutting [CO.sub.2] emissions...environment ministry are convinced that a hefty carbon tax will have to be levied, starting ...

Carbon tax cuts revenue - study

The Press;  December 16, 2005 ;     361 words ...The imposition of a carbon tax cut seven companies' earnings by...brick-making and tomato growing applied a carbon tax at $25 a tonne of CO2 to 2005 accounts...companies the extra costs of the carbon tax would have resulted in losses at...

Dion bets future on complex 'green shift'

Winnipeg Free Press;  June 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ......fuels. The "green shift" would impose a carbon tax worth $15.4...words" like green shift and revenue...to make the carbon tax sound more...grab called green shift, if it is fully...Press Crunching carbon tax numbers OTTAWA...

Nats aim to kill carbon tax

The Press;  December 2, 2005 ;     493 words ......mounting a campaign to axe the proposed carbon tax amid strong signals from the Government...reasonable independent analysis will kill the carbon tax stone dead," he said. Brash said New Zealand was the only country to impose a carbon tax, and there was no evidence it would reduce...

Canadians warming to carbon tax: poll

Winnipeg Free Press;  May 26, 2008 ;     562 words ......Canadians would be supportive of a federal carbon tax and would like to see its new revenues...British Columbia had recently introduced "a carbon tax on fossil fuels to reduce greenhouse...other issues. "The support for B.C.'s carbon tax is fairly uniform across Canada," he...

B.C. tables continent's first carbon tax

Winnipeg Free Press;  February 20, 2008 ;     415 words ......America to introduce a consumer-based carbon tax. "We have to find a way that we can work...provincial budget that, aside from the carbon tax, commits $1 billion over four years to...the coming year. Taylor said the new carbon tax will begin July 1, starting at a rate...

QLD:Carbon tax to replace GST - Anderson

AAP General News (Australia);  March 13, 2005 ;     489 words ......General News (Australia) 03-13-2005 QLD:Carbon tax to replace GST - Anderson (EDS: Adds...his weight behind the introduction of a carbon tax. Mr Anderson, a former boss of BHP-Billiton...towards cleaner energy was through a carbon tax which would be applied to all fuels...

Carbon tax faces hurdle in votes as NZ First takes Kyoto stand

The Press;  October 20, 2005 ;     416 words ...A carbon tax is unlikely to win enough votes in Parliament...NZ First and United Future oppose the carbon tax and have required a review of that in...pleases the business community who argue a carbon tax would penalise business, motorists and...

Oil-rich premiers warn about evils of carbon tax

Winnipeg Free Press;  May 30, 2008 ;     469 words ......environmental policies -- including a carbon tax -- that could cripple the West, a region...western premiers' conference that a federal carbon tax or national cap-and-trade emissions program...Stelmach said a national, consumer-based carbon tax similar to one already introduced in...

New emissions data impacts carbon tax rates.

M2 Presswire;  June 19, 2008 ;     496 words ......Environment: New emissions data impacts carbon tax rates(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...result, the Province has revised its carbon tax rates on various fuel types in advance of the implementation of the carbon tax. British Columbia's carbon tax starts...