Gearing Up For A Scrap

Michelle Hunter, the CPC candidate in Regina Wascana, exposes Goodale's less than truthful comments about Green Shift.

"It is time for Liberal MP Ralph Goodale to come clean and tell the truth to Saskatchewan voters.

In an article in the July 4, Leader-Post, Goodale claimed Saskatchewan would not carry a "disproportionate burden" of the Liberals' green shift.

This is utterly untrue. Saskatchewan and Alberta produce 40 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. The tax is on carbon and 40 per cent of the tax revenue generated will come from Saskatchewan and Alberta. With Saskatchewan's population, we will be paying, per capita, far more than other parts of the country. It is a tax grab will take hundreds of millions of dollars out of the Saskatchewan economy and pay back a very small amount.

There is also no guarantee that the Liberal program will reduce carbon emissions in Canada at all. This "carbon shaft" is a massive tax grab to finance wasteful Liberal spending.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government is investing in the Saskatchewan economy to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions including support of our biofuels industry and contributing $250 million dollars toward clean coal technology. This is real money with real support and will have a real effect on the environment.

It is time for Goodale to stand up for Saskatchewan and be more than a simple mouthpiece for a tax grab. Goodale needs to defend Saskatchewan, and not help those who attack us."

Looks like Ralph's got a fight on his hands...

Good on you, Ms. Hunter for speaking on behalf of the residents of Wascana, as opposed to speaking for the Liberal Party of Canada as the existing MP does.