General Politics Discussion

[ijmorlan]

Yep. That is one issue. Mind you, with gas at $2/litre, they're bringing in a lot more money with this type of tax. With average incomes up, they should be bring in a lot more money that way too.

Unfortunately, I don’t believe that is correct. The gas taxes are ¢/L. Of course the HST on gas is bringing in more.

Speaking of gas, that was a weird promise that Horwath spoke about - trying to regulate gas prices somehow. There was an article in the paper talking about this, and how it has worked (and not in a good way) out east.

Yeah, generally I tend to support the NDP, but man do they come up with some really dumb ideas. Regulating gas prices. As if.

OK, maybe in specific circumstances, like saying that gas in remote areas can’t be more than a certain number of ¢/L more than in major centres, with the amount being based on the reasonable cost of transportation. But in a large and liquid market like Toronto, there is no way that anything good can come of trying to suppress gas prices. And that’s even without considering that we don’t want people burning so much fossil fuel.