Don't be surprised by the B.C. NDP consumer carbon tax step back - In 2008, NDP used ‘Axe the Tax’ slogan to oppose [BC] Liberals 1st-in-Canada broad-based carbon tax
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/2008-ndp-axe-the-tax-carbon-tax-david-eby-1.7323422
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In 2008, as the-then B.C. Liberal government was poised to bring in Canada's first carbon tax, the B.C. NDP staunchly opposed it, saying a climate plan should not tax consumers but target major industrial producers such as the gas, oil, cement and aluminum industries.