Conservative Case for a Carbon Tax

onJul 9, 2008 @ 10:31 PDT

In a surprising exception (an interesting article in the National Post ), Jonathan Kay makes what he calls a “conservative” argument for a carbon tax.

Reading the piece, there seems no reason to define the Carbon Tax defence in a partisan way. It’s just a good idea.

Kay goes onto then criticize Canadian Liberal leader Stephane Dion proposing – a carbon tax. (Now, THAT‘s partisanship.) While parts of piece are predictable, it is thoughtful, informative and it makes some reasonable criticisms about the weaknesses in Dion’s proposal. All in all worth a read …

By Richard Littlemore

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Alberta Utility Bills Are Set To Spike And Data Centres Are To Blame

ByMitch Anderson

onJul 20, 2026 @ 12:33 PDT

Albertans pay the highest electricity rates in the country and new gas plants for AI data centres could drive costs up further.

How Big Oil Spent Decades Selling the Myth of ‘Clean’ Natural Gas

BySarah Hofmann

onJul 20, 2026 @ 07:05 PDT

A new report reveals oil and gas companies knew as early as the mid-1970s that methane fueled climate change while launching massive PR campaigns to promote natural gas as clean energy.