Posted AT 9:48 PM EDT on 18/06/06
Guess who (quietly) likes Quebec's carbon tax?
Calgary — The oil industry would never admit it, but Quebec's proposed carbon tax is just what it — secretly — prefers.
Economists say the planned Quebec tax on hydrocarbons is going to end up being passed on by industry to be paid by consumers, creating a levy on energy when it is consumed, not when it is produced.
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