if anyone has printed and posted the flyers

please send me a link to a picture of the location with the flyer in it. You can email me at
carbonreaction@gmail.com
and attach the pic...

the anti-carbon-tax flyers are available here

the first person to send a link gets..well..nothing, but at least you'll be helping to bring the fight from the blogs to the real world...
plus if enough people get the message, you might actually get to not have your bank account ravaged by the Liberals yet again....pretty nice prize, I'd say...

Nova Scotia Premier slams Liberal carbon tax plan

Finally, a provincial premiere speaks out against the so called "Green Shift" tax grab...

The Canadian Press

August 21, 2008 at 4:42 PM EDT

HALIFAX — Premier Rodney MacDonald ramped up his fight against the carbon tax plan proposed by the federal Liberals on Thursday, saying Nova Scotia would be hurt by it because the province relies heavily on fossil fuels.

Carbon tax advocates say that by increasing the price of fossil fuels, people would be encouraged to use less.

However, Mr. MacDonald said fossil fuels produce 90 per cent of the electricity in the province and account for 60 per cent of its home heating.

He said the higher cost would only drive up the cost of everything else that depends on fuel for production or delivery.

"We, along with Alberta, are going to be most impacted," said Mr. MacDonald. "This so-called solution for the environment is no solution at all for Nova Scotia."

The Premier said the province intends to meet its stated target of a greenhouse gas reduction of 10 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020.

"But we don't believe taxing people is the way to do it," he said.

full article here

Frustrated Seniors Speak Out

Another group of Canadians who will be hurt by a carbon tax...
"As the baby boomers retire, seniors in this country are about to hold the balance of power, a scary thought if you are a Liberal. This week an item popped into my email box with a message to “Pass this on to everyone in Canada.” A near impossible task but, with an Internet platform I can post it for all to see.
The document is comprised of three letters, written by Canadians in various parts of this vast land. It is fair to say that the opinion reflects the mood of most seniors I know. Only those with blind loyalty to a party, including those who inherited their political stripes through genetics, might differ."
Read full article here

Frustrated Seniors Speak Out

Another group of Canadians who will be hurt by a carbon tax...
"As the baby boomers retire, seniors in this country are about to hold the balance of power, a scary thought if you are a Liberal. This week an item popped into my email box with a message to “Pass this on to everyone in Canada.” A near impossible task but, with an Internet platform I can post it for all to see.
The document is comprised of three letters, written by Canadians in various parts of this vast land. It is fair to say that the opinion reflects the mood of most seniors I know. Only those with blind loyalty to a party, including those who inherited their political stripes through genetics, might differ."
Read full article here

Atlantic truckers oppose Green Shift

Carbon tax will 'create welfare instead of wealth': executive director

The Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association made it quite clear yesterday that it is against federal Liberal leader Stephane Dion's proposed carbon tax.

Peter Nelson, executive director for APTA, urged the Atlantic Federal Liberal Caucus to reject the Green Shift proposal, in a statement issued yesterday.

"Dion's carbon tax proposal will further cripple an economy that is already struggling on the global markets. Atlantic Canada's economy depends upon the success of our transportation, agriculture, forestry, mining, energy and fisheries industries," he said. "I hope the Members of Parliament from our region will stand up for Atlantic Canadians."

whole article here

Liberals double-tax double-talk

In case you missed it, Steve Janke has a well-thought out post on his blog about how the Liberals may double-tax provinces who chose to enact their own carbon-tax, and why the provinces may not be able to do anything about it.. Also, although Dion insists there will be no side deals, some premeires have already stated that they've already discussed special treatment...Read it here

Liberal Green Shift Plan Gets Negative Reaction from Trucking Industry

"The Canadian Trucking Alliance was quick to respond after federal opposition leader Stephane Dion introduced his party’s carbon tax plan on June 19^th. “While the devil is always in the details,” says CTA’s CEO, David Bradley, ”the last thing the trucking industry needs is more tax on diesel fuel; with diesel fuel prices at record highs and fuel overtaking labour as the number one component of operating cost the trucking industry does not need further price signals from government to know that improving fuel efficiency and thereby reducing GHG emissions is a good thing.” "

"Bradley says truckers have a different view of what tax revenue-neutrality means compared to what is espoused in Green Shift. “There is no tax neutrality for truckers in this plan,” he contends. The plan itself estimates that the end of the fourth year “the average freight trucker’s total annual operating expenses (will be increased by) approximately $1,700 per year.” "

Full Article

The real reason for Dion's carbon tax?

"If Liberal Leader Stephane Dion occupies 24 Sussex Drive after the next federal election and implements his carbon tax -- the plundering of Alberta and Saskatchewan to benefit Ontario and Quebec -- he may well have set the stage for the dissolution of Canada. "

article here

B.C.’s Carbon Tax: A Regressive Hoax

Here's a link to an interesting article about British Columbia's carbon tax...

Some points of note:

"...the average retail price of gas in Canada, adjusted for inflation, has risen forty per cent in the past five years. The increase is the equivalent of $120 per tonne of emissions — four times as much as the maximum tax proposed in B.C.

But consumption did not decline. In fact, during the same period both gasoline sales and greenhouse-gas emissions rose to record levels.

In effect, we’ve already tried a much tougher carbon tax than B.C. is proposing — and it didn’t work. Corporations passed the cost onto customers, and wealthy consumers absorbed higher prices easily. Working people and the poor tightened their belts, spending less on other things."

"In short, the B.C. carbon tax is regressive, shifting ever more of the province’s tax burden onto working people, while reducing taxes on corporations. It will do nothing to cut emissions or slow global warming."

Anti-Carbon-Tax Flyers

Here is a link to a bunch of printable flyers. You can download all the flyers as a single .zip file or pick and choose individually...

If you can, please print the flyers or signs and post them in high traffic areas such as gas stations, banks, stores, and so on. Also there are buttons and animated gifs to put on your website or blog if you support the cause. If we only have a few people that print these out in each neighborhood or town, it will make a big difference in getting the message across that ordinary citizens will not stand for a carbon tax in Canada.

Let me know in the comments section if and where you posted these flyers, and if you can put alink to a picture of the location.