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Weekly Poll for July 12, 2008
FACT: The new carbon tax in B.C. will add 8.07 cents per litre to the price of diesel and 7.02 cents to the price of gasoline by 2012.
Is B.C.’s carbon tax fair to construction and related industries?
| No |
 78% |
| Yes |
 22% |
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1. July 17, 2008 — We need a nation-wide strategy to distribute the pain across the country. The BC carbon tax is only unfair in that it places BC construction and transportation industries at a disadvantage relative to the rest of the country. Respond to this comment
Rye Case, Ontario