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   XPost: can.general, soc.culture.canada, can.politics   
   XPost: nf.general, ont.general   
   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Mar 21, 2024, Dave Smith wrote   
   (in article ):   
      
   > On 2024-03-21 2:33 p.m., David Dalton wrote:   
   > > Instead of the federal government giving back much of the Carbon   
   > > Tax in rebates, they should direct the money to improving public   
   > > transit nationally, including in rural areas.   
   >   
   > That's an excellent idea and was likely the real intention of the Carbon   
   > TAX, because that's what it is, a tax. There was never anything in there   
   > to actually do anything other than to hit us up for more money. They   
   > claim is is revenue neutral because they send rebates. I do get a   
   > rebate cheque once in a while. I got my natural gas bill yesterday and   
   > the carbon tax is $58. Then there is HST on top of that, so another $8   
   > tax on the tax for a total of $66 extra on me bill because of the carbon   
   > tax. That's more than my rebate, and that doesn't include the carbon   
   > tax I pay on the gasoline for my car. It's tax.   
   >   
   > > For example, in recent years there has been a loss of Greyhound   
   > > in Western Canada, and that contributes to the ongoing crisis   
   > > os missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, since   
   > > many of them resort to hitchhiking.   
   >   
   > If they had been taking the bus instead of hitch hiking for free rides   
   > there might have been enough business to keep the buses running. They   
   > could just as easily have stuck to the old economic regulatory controls   
   > on buses. Licensing used to me strictly controlled and any company that   
   > wanted the gravy runs had to take on some of the loser routes. Besides,   
   > it is only speculation that those women went missing on the highway.   
   > There is a good chance they were killed by someone in their own community.   
   >   
   > >   
   > > On a local (Newfoundland) basis, several years ago there was   
   > > a loss of Fleetline bus, which used to operate on the coastal   
   > > Conception Bay Highway between St. John’s and Conception   
   > > Bay North, and which was a valuable service fo students   
   > > travelling home for the weekend and for seniors and others   
   > > going into the city for medical appointments or shopping.   
   >   
   > How is someone expected to make enough money to keep buses running   
   > reliably and safely when they can only hope to carry a few students   
   > home for the weekend?   
      
   As I said above, it was also used by seniors and others travelling   
   for medical appointments and shopping during the week. And   
   I am advocating for it to be subsidized by revenue from the   
   Carbon Tax/   
      
   >   
   > > But of course there could also be an improvement in public   
   > > transit in urban (including small cities) and suburban areas.   
   >   
   > I live in a rural area and there is no public transit. Why should I pay   
   > more than $100 a month in carbon tax to subsidize mass transit in the   
   > cities? Let them pay for their own transit.   
      
   As I said in my original post, I am advocating for the   
   creation of public transit in rural areas.   
      
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   David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   “And the cart is on a wheel; And the wheel is on a hill;   
   And the hill is shifting sand; And inside these laws we stand" (Ferron)   
      
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