Premier Ford, Do you want to…

Premier Ford,

Do you want to help avoid catastrophic climate change and save money?

You might save a few dollars and please taxpayers now, but, if we fail to act, in a few more years the costs of mitigation and cleanup from floods, storms and wildfires will cost all of us tens of times more. I think you know this.... so you need to do the right thing now.

You can start by educating the general public.... and continue by putting a charge on carbon, one which will continue to rise annually until we complete our transition to renewables. This is not rocket sciemce. It is plain common sense, something you boast of in your speeches.

Every level of government must play its part.

Remember that taxing carbon has been endorsed by Preston Manning. Here is an excerpt from his recent Op-Ed in the Globe and Mail, May 12,2018.

“The "good idea" the commission seeks to advance – and that I wholeheartedly support – is that for any economic activity, especially the production of energy, we should identify its negative environmental impacts, devise measures to avoid, mitigate or adapt to those impacts, and include the costs of those measures in the price of the product. It's the idea behind using carbon pricing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, water pricing to conserve water, garbage pricing to deal with waste, and road pricing to reduce traffic congestion.”

Think about it.