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Carney kills consumer carbon tax in first move as prime minister (www.cbc.ca)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Assuming he does follow through, I'll call this a very smart play.

A big problem progressives often have is understanding the value of branding. Sometimes the right play is basically to do the same thing but with a slightly different label on it. Or, in this case, a slightly different thing that basically does the same thing but comes without all the baggage.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 17 hours ago

Agreed. This is very contingent on the follow through, but it also makes sense. There's two scenarios:

  1. This helps him win the election or get a minority government. He immediately puts in a functionally equivalent replacement. Move worked.
  2. He loses the election and we get a Conservative majority. They would have immediately repealed the Carbon Tax, so it's irrelevant.

Let's see how it plays out.