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Budget passes first hurdle
Irish Times
Mr Cowen said the Government did not go the carbon tax route because it would have resulted in increases in taxes in areas such as home heating oils. ...

SF: Budget 2011 'a hostile act' against families on social welfare
BreakingNews.ie
"The fuel allowance scheme itself should be expanded and money raised by the Carbon Tax should be ring-fenced to address fuel poverty."

Mayors council chair girds for re-election challenge
New Westminster Newsleader
... the mayors balked, prompting Bond to agree to take more time to consider alternatives like road pricing, a vehicle levy or a share of the carbon tax. ...

Mayors council chair girds for re-election challenge
Cloverdale Reporter
... the mayors balked, prompting Bond to agree to take more time to consider alternatives like road pricing, a vehicle levy or a share of the carbon tax. ...

Budget too focused on taxes - Ibec
Irish Times
“When the carbon tax is added to this over coming budgets it will lead to a significant loss of competitiveness for Irish business,” Mr McCoy said. ...

Green power to the people
Morning Star Online
One is the imposition of a carbon tax, charged on the basis of the amount of carbon the technology puts into the atmosphere. ...

NDP as a Monty Python sketch
BCLocalNews
Two years later, the NDP would denounce BC's innovative carbon tax. This was not driven by any substantive logic, a fact that was demonstrated when they ...