tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post7182493473428881270..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: More carbon shifting validationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-46082132055943256962008-06-06T13:45:00.000-04:002008-06-06T13:45:00.000-04:00OK, the Cons launching attacks on a policy you def...OK, the Cons launching attacks on a policy you define as "non-developed" is politics as usual.<BR/><BR/>The Liberals actually getting input from experts on the topic rather than just relying on Doug Finley's polling data, that's good policy making.<BR/><BR/>Frankly, I'd rather good policy making than political smears, and I don't think I'm the only one.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-74995770621102653622008-06-06T13:34:00.000-04:002008-06-06T13:34:00.000-04:00"Under-developed Liberal plan" is an over-statemen..."Under-developed Liberal plan" is an over-statement. How about "non-developed?"<BR/><BR/>As for the Tories defining the Liberal policy for them: that's called politics. Define your ideas or have them defined. This puts the Liberals on the defensive rather than offensive.Mike514https://www.blogger.com/profile/18375380983427133078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-46668396408063890052008-06-06T10:40:00.000-04:002008-06-06T10:40:00.000-04:00Do you therefore also find it amusing, Mike, that ...Do you therefore also find it amusing, Mike, that the Conservatives and NDP are trotting out and attacking the Liberal non-proposal as the end of life as we know it?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, they're validating the concept, and providing advice on how the under-development Liberal plan should get it right. Hopefully, the advice from assorted experts is considered and incorporated into the plan that is released.<BR/><BR/>The point, however, is that the idea of a carbon shift is a good one, and as a concept is supported by many.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-77081881473071989442008-06-06T08:06:00.000-04:002008-06-06T08:06:00.000-04:00Endorsing a carbon tax is not the same as endorsin...Endorsing a carbon tax is not the same as endorsing the Liberals' proposed carbon tax, simply because we don't know what the Liberals will propose.<BR/><BR/>An expert supports a carbon tax, and that's fine, but the Liberal plan has too many unknowns. What if Dion's carbon tax is steep, while cuts in personal income tax are tiny? Would the experts still support it?<BR/><BR/>I just find it a little ironic that the Liberals are trotting out experts to support their idea, when they haven't even announced their idea yet... It's like a Kafka novel.Mike514https://www.blogger.com/profile/18375380983427133078noreply@blogger.com