You may have noticed some curious posts about the federal carbon tax on the Government of New Brunswick’s Facebook Page and website.
Premier Blaine Higgs’ Progressive Conservative government’s materials on the carbon tax and what it will mean for New Brunswick cherry-picks facts about the issue, misconstrues how we got here, and (until recently, after pushback from New Brunswickers and groups like your Conservation Council), didn’t even tell us how to claim the federal Climate Action Incentive in our 2018 taxes (an incentive which, for the majority of New Brunswick households, analysis shows will more than cover the extra costs associated with a carbon tax).
Between the Higgs government’s misleading information on the carbon tax, and Andrew Scheers robo-texting campaign, there is a lot of politics dominating what should be a serious ‘all-hands-on-deck’ conversation about tackling climate change — what Canada’s leading health professionals call the ‘greatest public health threat of the 21st century.”
Climate change is already affecting New Brunswickers. An issue this serious and this urgent should go beyond politics. Protecting the places we love should be something we all get behind and give our best, honest effort.
But, slowing climate change is complicated business. And it’s made all the more confusing by stubborn and disconnected leaders who would rather deny climate change and abandon their duty to slow it and protect us from its effects.
How did we get here? How does a carbon tax work? Why is it important? What more should we be doing to protect families from increasingly severe flooding, devastating ice storms, and flipped, unpredictable weather?
Our Dr. Louise Comeau has prepared science-based, non-partisan fact sheets to help answer these important questions. If you are worried about climate change, but not sure where to get a sincere explanation of what all this is about, these resources can help. Give them a read. Share them with friends and family. And please, reach out to us if you have any questions (506-458-8747; info@conservationcouncil.ca).
For the love of New Brunswick, we can — and must — prepare for a future with less pollution and safer communities.
- Download fact sheet #1: The carbon tax and New Brunswick
- Download fact sheet #2: Why a carbon tax is needed in New Brunswick
- Download fact sheet #1: New Brunswick is not doing its part to fight climate change
- Fiche descriptive #1: La tarification du carbone et le Nouveau-Brunswick
- Fiche descriptive #2: Pourquoi une taxe sur le carbonne est-elle nécessaire pour le Nouveau-Brunswick?
- Fiche descriptive #3: Le Nouveau-Brunswick ne fait pas sa part pout lutter contre le changement climatique
