Christy Clark – Quotes

We do need the

We do need the federal government to share information with us. We need local governments to increase supply. We need affordable places for people to live. Christy Clark

hy is it you can impose a new tax and keep your economy growing? Only if you cut other taxes by exactly the same amount. The problem with carbon taxes around the world has been you dump a new tax onto the economy and it’s just adding more tax. Christy Clark

You can’t say British

You can’t say British Columbia’s carbon tax is exactly the same as increasing hydroelectricity rates in another province. They’re very different mechanisms, but we shouldn’t deny that both of them can have an impact, and that’s why we’re talking about this broadly. Christy Clark

Our climate leadership team

Our climate leadership team has recommended it go up and I would say there’s always going to be upward pressure to raise the carbon tax. Remember, we’re already double what the only other province who has a carbon tax is at right now, Quebec – they peg it at about $15 a tonne. Christy Clark

To put it in

To put it in context, the federal government was, at the beginning [of the Vancouver meeting], talking about a $15-per-tonne floor for carbon emissions. We’re at $30 a tonne, so we’re already double that. But our economy is growing at a faster rate – three per cent of GDP is our projected growth in British … Read more

How are we going

How are we going to know what impact that has on the greenhouse gas emissions? How are we going to hold everybody accountable for doing their part? Christy Clark

I just think about

I just think about how many women in their workplaces have been working to get a promotion, and they look around, and then this guy comes. Christy Clark

I’m conscious of competitive

I’m conscious of competitive issues, but at the same time the recommendation they make is that we protect citizens by not adding to the overall tax burden of the province. Christy Clark

We know taxes slow

We know taxes slow down economic growth, so if you add a carbon tax you have to also minus other taxes. You can’t take more money out of people’s pockets. I don’t think you can build a consensus in this country about environmental policy if you’re going to make people poor. Christy Clark

There are limits to

There are limits to what we can do. That’s for sure. That is true. One of the downsides of a growing economy [is that] we’re accommodating a lot more people. They’re buying houses and the market is growing. That is part of the downside of that, but I think that all of us do have … Read more