I’d like to say it is a cash grab, I’d like to say that it was craven politics, but Justin Trudeau’s decision to announce a massive hike in the carbon tax in the middle of an economic recession caused by a global pandemic is much more than that — it’s religion.
Whatever faith Trudeau was raised with or experienced as a child, his true religion now is climate change. Someone concerned about climate change but also cognizant of the fact people are suffering job losses, that businesses big and small have been crippled, might have decided to hold off on raising the carbon tax by 566% over the next ten years.
