Ms. Que Banh<p>It’s no surprise that big <a href="https://beige.party/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> companies are not happy about annual <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CarbonTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonTax</span></a> increases. But it is <a href="https://beige.party/tags/unfair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unfair</span></a> that <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbians</span></a> must pay the full carbon tax when the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilAndGas</span></a> industry, whose production is responsible for more than one-quarter of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CarbonEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonEmissions</span></a>, gets a carbon <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TaxBreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxBreak</span></a>.</p><p>The new system will also have a negative impact on B.C.’s carbon <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TaxRevenues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxRevenues</span></a>. In 2024-25, carbon tax revenues will be about $500 million lower than they would have been under the old system. This <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RevenueLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevenueLoss</span></a> means fewer dollars to pay for <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a>.</p><p>These changes point to a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCgovernment</span></a> that is far too cosy with the oil and gas <a href="https://beige.party/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a>. And they make no sense given the urgency of acting on <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Disasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disasters</span></a> in 2021 alone caused between $11 billion and $16 billion in damage to the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCeconomy</span></a>.</p><p>If B.C. really wants to be a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> leader, the government must stop pandering to lobbying by the oil and gas industry that is causing climate change and act in the interests of all British Columbians</p><p><a href="https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/08/09/BC-Letting-Big-Industry-Evade-Carbon-Tax/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/08/09/</span><span class="invisible">BC-Letting-Big-Industry-Evade-Carbon-Tax/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thetyee</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNDP</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BanCorporateLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanCorporateLobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ConflictOfPublicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfPublicInterest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/EcoJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcoJustice</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNewDeathParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNewDeathParty</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CrimesAgainstHumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimesAgainstHumanity</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/EcocidalManiacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcocidalManiacs</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CapitalistCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalistCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GreedKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreedKills</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SuperSelloutBCNDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperSelloutBCNDP</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SuperCorruptBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperCorruptBC</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PollutedPoliticians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PollutedPoliticians</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/EndCorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndCorporateWelfare</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/EbyTheEnabler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EbyTheEnabler</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DavidEby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidEby</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HorganizedCrimesContinue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HorganizedCrimesContinue</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/JustStopOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustStopOil</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DivestFromFossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DivestFromFossilFuels</span></a></p>