Posted AT 6:05 PM EDT on 19/02/08
B.C. budget creates a carbon tax
VICTORIA — B.C. Finance Minister Carole Taylor introduced an escalating carbon tax on most fossil fuels Tuesday, one she says is designed to ignite an environmental social movement in British Columbia and across Canada to fight climate change.
And she's handing every British Columbian $100 in June as seed money to get them thinking green.
“This is an important turning point for British Columbia,” she said.
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