I just got a press release declaring 2019 “THE YEAR OF THE CARBON TAX” before it even started, exactly the sort of political dishonesty I complained about generically last week. Like another press release I got New Year’s Eve that I could have done without except as grist for my surly mill. But whatever we end up glaring back at a year hence, it won’t be a rebated $20/tonne carbon tax that only raised gas prices 4.4 cents a litre. He sent a press release that packs three lies into an opening one-sentence headline he probably never even read. Canada’s G7 presidency wasn’t successful or important, the carbon tax is too small to matter and both of them are lying without shame or reflection.

Source: National Post January 02, 2019 15:56 UTC