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Wednesday, September 07, 2005

GAS & Incentives to Buy Greener Cars!

Question: Why is that Ontario's Provincial Government provides a $1,000 tax break/rebate, BC's provides $2,000 and PEI's $3,000 to people who purchase qualifying "green" hybrid new generation cars?
Answer: These provincial governments have recognized the importance of supporting the inevitable transition to environmentally friendly modes of transportation and are encouraging the people of their provinces (including themselves) to buy these cars ASAP improving the chances of survival for our planet.

Newfoundland & Labrador should receive at least the PEI level incentive and more.

Our government is unfairly pricing in the different areas of our province with different gasoline, oil, home heating, etc. prices and a stop to these practices are required immediately! Over $1.75/litre in Labrador! It is bad enough that there is such disparity from the prices in the rest of Canada compared to here in St. John's but the provincial government must stand up and lower the prices for the whole province to be equal to those prices in Ottawa.
These ongoing Monopolistic Oil Company and Taxation practices supported by Canada and then further abused by the provinces is crushing Blue Collar workers and seriously threatening 90% of the population in NL We cannot with stand these gas prices living on $10.00/hr much less minimum wage. Nobody will be able to afford to go to work!

Question: What happens if the people of NL cannot afford to go to work?
Answer: Increased stress, illness, family break-downs, welfare, fraud, violence and crime!

This is your wake-up call. Act now or lose the peace. Anarchy is brewing and nobody wants that.

These are just the bare minimum responses required by the PC provincial government or any other party who has designs to step-up to try to rebuild this province... Stop hoarding and trying to figure out how the next raise for government will go through without easing the burden of the entire province!

2 Comments:

Blogger NL-ExPatriate said...

I can't say I'm in total disagreement with high gas prices. I've been to the north pole and it is more apparent their than anywhere the rate at which global warming is occurring. Beautiful place by the way.
http://www.geocities.com/eureka2000_ca/
What I do find disgusting is the obscene profits being made by these oil companies and corporate share holders yes Mutual fund and RRSP holders alsoThey should have some kind of cap or regulation on their profits the rest should go to repair, invest in research the damage from Carbon fuel destructive effect on this fragile rock we call home.

That and the dissention being created within Canada by the varied prices from province to province.

My fear is that there will become a point of no return, and that point is fast approaching IMHO. Can't think of the right word collapse, slippery slope, exponential etc?

Here is a good Blog spot on global warming.
http://weathertrends.blogspot.com/

12:31 AM  
Blogger Stephen Eli Harris said...

I gotta agree with the expatriate here. Global warming is indeed happening and we must change the way we live in order to stand any chance.

The Green Party of Canada speaks directly to this and has a clear idea on how to reach Kyoto goals and far beyond. One of the first things that they would do is shift taxes on fossil fuels to earlier stages in the production cycle to encourage competition among companies to lower operating costs while reducing emissions.

The Green Party would also fully promote any small or medium sized businesses that promoted alternative energy sources and clean practices. This would open up a whole new door for the auto industry in Canada, which I'm pretty sure does even have a factory here that makes alternate feul source vehicles.

You're speaking directly to the Green Party with your wishes expatiate. This is exactly what they believe in. You probably would be very interested in the Greens if you looked into them... which, of course, you probably have already.

Stephen Harris
http://newfoundlandgreenparty.blogspot.com

10:03 PM  

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