“I am saddened to see the Conservative and NDP Leaders slamming each other and accusing each other of supporting a carbon tax instead of trying to do something about the climate crisis. Harpers’s Conservatives need to finally acknowledge rapid climate change is a threat to us all. Mulcair’s NDP needs to clearly say that taxing carbon so other forms of energy are favoured is the way to go. That is what leaders do: be wise enough to see the entire picture and be courageous enough to put forward a policy that will bring real change,” said May.

“Thomas Mulcair should be ashamed for not defending a carbon tax system. British Columbia now has had such a revenue-neutral carbon tax in place for four years. The last time I checked, the economy of the province had not vanished. Not only that, but people in BC actually support the system. Someone has to step to the plate and support a carbon tax system. Only the Greens do that”, concluded May.

“A revenue-neutral carbon tax, like the one in BC, actually reduces income taxes while charging the true cost of pollution. Companies like Shell and Petro-Canada are now calling for a carbon price in order to allow rational decision-making and investment,” added Green Shadow Cabinet Member for International Affairs Eric Walton.

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Shell’s Lorraine Mitchelmore is reported as saying Canada “will need a carbon price” (President Of Royal Dutch Shell Canadian Division Urges Carbon Pricing – Report on Business, Sept. 11).

This is not the first time Shell has taken this position, nor is it the only oil giant to do so. Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver immediately rejected the call for carbon pricing.

It is often claimed that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his cabinet are in the pocket of the oil industry. If only.

Elizabeth May, Leader, Green Party of Canada

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