Dear Editor:
One questions why the B.C. government continues to impose the inflationary carbon tax at the gas pump when auto makers continue to produce autos and trucks with near zero emissions.
The carbon tax not only penalizes motorists unduly, but forces trades persons; service personnel and industries (including local government) to raise their costs in order to maintain their profit margins.
All of which continues to be a double whammy for the B.C. consumer.
When the carbon tax was introduced, the government declared it revenue neutral and promised to distribute it to B.C. taxpayers in the form of income tax relief.
But when this system is added to the ongoing procedure of collecting the carbon tax monies, it becomes a bureaucratic nightmare with diminishing returns.
This is all the more reason why the carbon tax should be eliminated.
Mike Horton, Burnaby
