BC Carbon Tax
The ruling British Columbia liberal party is not known for being green. The idiomatic party is conservative-minded and tends to favor business interests. But, like any political party interested in re-election, it must present itself as embracing current political sentiment. Thus finance minister Carole Taylor presented her 2008 budget dressed head to toe in green and introduced B.C.’s first Carbon Tax. The right message at the right time, perhaps. But, as is usual in politics, all is not exactly what it seems.