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Dion s Green Shift Plan

Posted on June 19, 2008

The Federal Liberals unveiled their Green Shift Plan today:We will cut taxes on those things we all want more of such as income, investment and innovation. And we will shift those taxes to what we all want less of: pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and waste. We need to make polluters pay and put every single penny back into the hands of Canadians.The plan proposes to tax greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at $10 per tonne immediately and rise by an additional $10 per tonne each year until it reaches $40 per tonne within four years. To offset the GHG tax, the Liberals propose broad-based income ...

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