Putting fear into the population has been the aim of the editorial page of the St. Albert Gazette, April 16. It has been implied this carbon tax may have us visiting the food bank. Consider this: 1.
Putting fear into the population has been the aim of the editorial page of the St. Albert Gazette, April 16. It has been implied this carbon tax may have us visiting the food bank.
Consider this:
1. My last heating bill had two prices per gigajoule based on the period of usage. These were $2.97, and $2.16.
Were any of you here when natural gas was deregulated, and we had people at the door talking some into contracts at $6 to $8 per GJ? Natural gas is now at an extremely low price. To add $1 to $1.50 carbon tax to the above prices still gives us a product cheaper than it was years ago.
2. Gasoline at the pump.
I am sure you also remember the $1.50/litre price tag. The projected increases on this product is $.05-$.08 per litre. This is still below $1.00 which I consider the bargain level for gas.
This is a move to help our government on a cleaner path, and with this effort may even achieve the “go ahead” on a pipeline.
As a note: When price of natural gas and gasoline fell, did any of you see price reductions on material goods? Or did this just go into company profits?
Adele Dunnigan, St. Albert
