Tom Robinson
And the Earth is not flat.

Terry Swidinsky
But it used to be the consensus that it was, until a few deniers started to cast dought on the whole issue.

jessica amber murray
this is a myth. flat earthers were always an extreme minority; the argument may have been biblical, but it was an interpretation created by a third party. the church actually accepted the science on this, which has been known since about 500 years before the common era. the cultures in greece & carthage were very maritime driven, and it is very hard to sail towards the horizon without realizing there is a curvature in front of you. you would have be wilfully blind to the evidence around you to think that the world is flat.

we did think the universe revolved around the earth, though.

www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/11/09/climate-science-indisputable-environment-minister-catherine-mckenna_n_8508708.html

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Alice Scott Budden
I am not disputing climate change, however, I do have one question for the experts - How is raising taxes going to prevent climate change?

jessica amber murray
you're actually right, alice: taxation is not a social policy, and a carbon tax will not reduce emissions. it will just increase prices.

these people are throwing around a lot of right-wing economic theory and pretending it's progressive. the reality is that humans are not homo economicus, and pigovian taxes don't work. if we want a real solution, we need to drop the neo-liberal nonsense.

the right way to start off with this is through direct government investment: by studying the actual sources of emissions and replacing them with alternatives. once alternatives are in place, we can create incentives to switch to them.

despite fear-mongering by the media, and empty rhetoric from the ivory tower, the truth is that the liberals currently have no plans for a carbon tax. they do have plans for direct investment.