They told us it was about saving the planet.
They paraded it in front of us like some moral obligation, a righteous tool to cut emissions and cool the earth. A necessary evil, they said—just a little extra at the pump, a bump in your heating bill, a small price to pay for the greater good.
But let’s stop pretending.
The carbon tax didn’t save the planet. It didn’t stop the wildfires, or the floods, or the storms. It didn’t reduce emissions in any meaningful way. Hell, it didn’t even make a dent.
What it did do—very effectively, very efficiently—was pull millions of dollars straight out of Canadians’ pockets. Quietly. Relentlessly. Month after month. A slow bleed disguised as environmental policy.
And maybe that was the plan all along.
They never meant to fix anything. The goal was never climate change—it was you. Your wallet. Your obedience. Your willingness to believe that suffering a little more was somehow virtuous. That being cold in winter and broke in summer made you part of the solution.
Meanwhile, the worst polluters—the ones who actually burn this world to the ground—got exemptions. They paid pennies on the dollar, if that. Big corporations, foreign companies, the political class? They didn’t feel a thing. They smiled, nodded, cashed their checks, and told you to do better.
It’s a game. And we were the marks.
Look around. Are your bills lower? Is the air cleaner? Has the government proven they can manage anything without it turning into a disaster?
Of course not.
But the tax is still here. And it grows. And every year, more people fall behind, more families are forced to choose between heat and food, gas and groceries. All while being lectured by bureaucrats with six-figure pensions and carbon footprints the size of small countries.
It’s sick.
It’s not a climate plan. It’s a wealth extraction machine dressed up in green. A slow, methodical robbery, with a smiling face and a recycled slogan.
So ask yourself: if the carbon tax isn’t helping the climate… and it’s hurting the people… who exactly is it helping?
Because deep down, you already know the answer.
And it sure as hell isn’t you.
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