• Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 months ago

    you don’t have to be an authcom to see that carney is to the right of trudeau; he canceled the carbon tax, the capital gains tax hike, and is in favor of building more oil pipelines

    no matter who won, canada would shift to the right. all we could do is decide by how much.

    (and either way, all 3 of them - trudeau, carney and poilievre - are neolibs who support the genocide in palestine)

    • Albbi@lemmy.ca
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      9 months ago

      He cancelled the carbon tax because the name had been beaten up by the Conservatives. He promised to replace it with something similar but more palatable to the general public. I loved the carbon tax but agree that half the population was against it because pretty much they hated the name.

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      9 months ago

      Just for clarification, he cancelled the consumer carbon tax. It was pretty much just a move to screw over PP (and I’m all for that honestly)

    • Fizz@lemmy.nz
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      9 months ago

      He explained in depth his reasoning for both of those decisions and if you listen to him its because the carbon tax failed to accomplish its goal and he is going to tackle the problem another way.He still supports the issue he is just trying a different solution.

      For the cgt its because Canada has entered a trade war with its closest trading partner and he is planning to do massive investment in Canada and doesnt want a cgt hike disincentivizing investment.

      Do you disagree with this reasoning?