Taxes already account for approximately 35 per cent of the price at the pump.
Environment
Oil transport by rail is more than 4.5 times more likely to experience an occurrence when compared to pipelines.
The problem with Alberta’s cap is that, like much of the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan, it’s arbitrary.
Opposition to pipelines, including the recent violence at a National Energy Board hearing, comes with real costs to both people and the environment.
The Alberta government plans to cap greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the province at 100 megatonnes (Mt) annually.
Moving oil by rail is 4.5 times more likely to result in an incident or accident than moving that same oil by pipeline.
The CPP tax increase is just one of many tax increases imposed by the new federal government on middle-income Canadians.
IEA report eschews revolutionary “all renewables” language and talks about energy production that is less polluting.
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