Ontario is right to pursue this fight--just as Saskatchewan, Alberta, New Brunswick and Manitoba are right. But for how the government is spending taxpayer money on it, keep the wheat and cut the chaff.
Doug Ford's decision to fight the carbon tax is wise. Using taxpayer money for advertising is not
In Ontario's fight against the federal carbon tax, we should separate the wheat from the chaff. The court battle is the wheat; the recent slew of taxpayer-funded provincial ads criticizing the tax is the chaff.
The Ford government is running radio, television and online ads that criticize the federal carbon tax. The expenses for these ads are coming from a taxpayer fund of $30-million previously set aside by the government to challenge the federal carbon tax.
