so, the way this works is that the two bourgeois parties set up a false dichotomy to a serious problem that neither of them want to solve, then get you arguing about it instead of trying to solve the problem. the way to solve climate change is to introduce a tax, and if you oppose the tax then you work for the fuel industry - it's demagoguery on both sides, and indicative of an absolutely broken narrative around something that needs very serious solutions absolutely immediately.

what is being introduced into ontario is not a carbon tax, it's a gas tax. if it was a carbon tax, it would tax imports - and it's not doing that. rather, what it's doing is strictly taxing local production, which will give importers an absolute price advantage. it's a tariff on ourselves. and, if brought to it's logical conclusion, it is strictly recessionary in the sense that it will offshore certain types of production - which will then be presented as a victory, as canada's carbon footprint will decrease as the jobs leave the country.

now, a recessionary policy might not cause an actual recession, but it might. and, because ontario is reliant on manufacturing - unlike bc or alberta - there is a higher chance of it happening here than there.

the solution is a massive increase in green infrastructure using state expenditures.

but, you're just supposed to just pay the tax and think that your suffering is saving the world.

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2019/01/21/doug-ford-called-out-for-claiming-trudeau-carbon-tax-will-trigger-recession_a_23648762/