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Dion touts carbon tax, billions in tax cuts

Posted 05/08/2008

By Myles Estey

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RT...

Stéphane Dion is poised to unveil a carbon-tax scheme and attempt to neutralize any political damage by offering corresponding personal income tax cuts of between $10-billion and $13-billion to working Canadians, senior Liberal sources say.

The Liberal Leader wants this major environmental policy to be the centrepiece of the party’s election campaign platform, according to the sources, and is anxious to reveal it this summer to give Canadians a chance to digest the idea before a federal election.

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Myles Estey

Myles graduated from UBC in 2006 with an honours degree in Political Science. Throughout university Myles worked in various editorial roles for Capital Magazine, an international art and culture magazine, and upon graduating, assumed the role of Editor-in-Chief. Myles ...

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