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Carbon Tax in Canada, Definition, The carbon tax is a price imposed on…

- - - - Left wing ideology perspective: The Conservatives Party
        We do not agree that this system would be effective and make much of a change. We oppose a direct carbon tax on the products that consumers pay for. We have an alternative plan that would set a lower limit on how much industries could emit. Rather than using the revenue for off task purposes, the money would be used to focus on investing in emission reducing technology. We would also use the tax as an incentive to encourage homes and small businesses to buy energy-efficient upgrades.
    - - Economic Perspective: Major Canadian Industries
        We believe that the emission target will help us reduce our emission substantially and create more opportunities to find different ways to produce gas or oil. “The World Bank’s High Level Commission on Carbon Prices, co-chaired by Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Lord Nicholas Stern, concluded that ‘The transition to a low-carbon economy is potentially a powerful, attractive, and sustainable growth story, marked by higher resilience, more innovation, more livable cities, robust agriculture, and stronger ecosystems.’” (Canada "Government of Canada"). The carbon tax is a way to help us and our competitors find better ways to reduce emissions or solutions which would also help us save money. A benefit from the carbon tax is that we would reduce the effects of emissions on people and improve the air quality.
    - - Right wing ideology Perspective: The Liberal Government
        We believe that our system of the carbon tax is fair and guarantees the success of industries. The carbon tax will create clean growth and reduce costs to Canadians. Our government commits to ensure that all revenue from the pricing pollution remains in control and allows provinces to design the best system for their economies and households. We believe that with our carbon tax in effect, we are sure that it's efficient and cost effective because it allows businesses and households to decide for themselves how to best reduce pollution and save them money in the process. The carbon tax creates a solution to lower emissions at a lowest cost to businesses and consumers while still moving to more innovative ways to increase energy efficiency and cleaner energy sources. This will position Canada for success in the economy of the 21st century.
    - - Social Perspective: Canadian Households
        We believe that our households will save more money in the long term by improving our energy efficiency and using cleaner technologies because we all want a cleaner future for our children. With this carbon tax, our families will receive a rebate. Here in British Columbia, our provincial government has made a suitable system for carbon tax, where the money would go to invest in medical services, cutting personal income taxes and for our small businesses and their income taxes. In order for us to move forward, we feel that the pricing is fair system and will help shape a better and cleaner future for our children. The government will use the revenues from the carbon tax to ensure that low-income households are protected. The federal government makes a commitment to make sure that all of the money collected from the carbon tax remains in control and allows provinces to design the best possible system for our economy and households ("Carbon Pricing In Canada: A Guide To Who’S Affected, Who Pays What And Who Opposes It").
- - - - Geological, Rural - New Brunswick Citizens
        Our premier, Blaine Higgs from the Conservative party opposed the federal tax ever since it was set. He believes that it would be too high of a burden on the rural population of New Brunswick. Due to us having few alternatives other than driving cars to get around (Canada "Government of Canada"). We believe that the carbon tax set by the Liberals will damage our industries. Therefore we have set our own Carbon tax policy that is both fair for us and our industries.
    - - Economic - Major Canadian Industries
        We believe that this carbon tax policy will create an incentive for us to lower our carbon emissions. We feel that it will have a commercial incentive to reduce our emissions and compete with each other to earn credits and sell them, rather than having to pay a tax on emissions. We feel that in order to create any significant improvements due to climate change, a policy like this is needed, however there should be a scale to the price for industries whether they are large corporations or smaller to keep fairness. Rather than having a fixed price for all.
    - - Left wing Ideology - The Conservative Party
        We do not agree with the policy that the Liberal government has set is a carbon tax. We believe that the carbon tax should only be implemented on industries and not consumers. The cost should be lowered so that the carbon emission target is 40,000 tonnes (Connolly). We would rather invest in green tech requirements to have emission reducing technology. We would have a technological solution to lower the carbon emissions, which we feel would be much more effective other than cutting emissions.
    - - Right wing ideology - The Liberal Government
        We strongly believe that in order for there to be a future for the next generations we need a sustainable solution for climate change. This is why we have set a price on carbon emissions. It is a critical part to Canada’s commitment to contribute in the international effort to fight climate change and its impacts. The carbon tax policy is a great step forward to lower the drastic impacts of climate change and will give a strong motivation for the industries to cut their emissions lower.