'Technology, not taxes': Andrew Scheer reveals climate change plan

[@longarmsupplies]

We also need to develop a recycling industry in Canada...instead of outsourcing it. Let's get industries back in Canada instead of China and other countries!

[@CallOfDutyInsider]

i completely agree. We need to be responsible for our own garbage and recycling.

[@sawtanang]

How about taking a look at a real time pollution map, and realizing that we are not the problem (by a long shot) and refuse to send our tax money abroad to countries that aren't doing Jack squat and most likely corruptly fattening their own pockets.

[@tmlfan8708]

Im with ya brother.

[@Bomber_Boi]

Canada is top 5 per capita carbon emitter... we are the problem. We have the wealth and resources to be a leader in reducing emissions. We could literally power the planet with our geothermal potential. Oil and the wealth and power it created is now dictating policy for a dying planet. Get Woke

[@scottzimmerman7518]

My favorite trait about this guy is that he speaks clearly, and doesn’t use uh 50 times in a minute. I’m still wondering how you drink water from a box.

[@MrPTManning]

Cardboard water box sorta thing.

[@robhendricks5347]

It's a thing apparently!

[@CharlesReece-nr2wr]

But what did he say? You would follow this buffoon after that nothing to see here speech? You are easily lead!

[@LongDrivesAtNight5150]

@@CharlesReece-nr2wr ....and you follow Justin? You have to be a drug addict, stupid or naive to vote for that idgit buffoon. Justin is so wrong and dumb on so many issues. Plus he loves terrorists

[@randicook15]

You like the way he speaks clearly... Whst about his platform? Please do not base your vote on if you like the way someone speaks clearly... These are the point that he was trying to drive. If he was asked a difficult question, I would not doubt that he says "um" and "uh". I think it would be worse if someone speaking says nothing while trying to think of their next word.

[@colehara]

Incentives are better than taxes. October 2019.

[@SmokeETer-he6xy]

Haha yea the Ontario Liberals had it right with cap and trade!!!

[@jvennings5595]

Cap n trade is just slight of hand with paper records, it does nothing to stop the actual polution. Taking care of our physical waste like reductions and recycle is the better way to go about fighting climate change

[@Bomber_Boi]

Only the big polluters agree with that shortsighted statement.

[@smileysmileking]

I liked Maxime's PPC platform on this topic.

[@williamcureatz1628]

I planted 13 Dwarf Burning Bushes along my back fence. This should help out and over time give me a nice hedge. Hey, these plants were 35 bucks each.

[@laragaffney457]

Looking forward to Andrew taking charge in October

[@liammiddleton3064]

He's a fake

[@laragaffney457]

No Liam, the fake is Justin Trudeau. Not only is he fake, but he is also corrupt.

[@kjsmith7472]

And you will be full of regret within two years just like every fool that voted for Trudeau.

[@liammiddleton3064]

They both are

[@laragaffney457]

No, I really don't think so. It will be a relief to have someone with intelligence in Ottawa

[@justindilallo9483]

So if this plan goes forward grocery prices and gas will go down? I find that hard to believe Mr. Sheer! I got my env rebate back from the liberals this year.

[@HouseofChains81]

Nothing like a person getting excited about getting their own money back.

[@HouseofChains81]

@@brettb9194 I get what you're saying but if you're getting your money back how will that change your behavior? A tax imo, is not a solution. But if a company builds tech that you help pay for isn't the goal?- reinvest in green tech?

[@HouseofChains81]

@vomittie I don't understand your argument as you're pointing out a positive while trying to make it sound negative.

[@jimbeam5560]

Quick talker he sold me a car 2 years ago, and now look at him go!!!

[@sirxavior1583]

Agreed. The home renovation credit won't come even close to covering 50% of your investment costs once you do the math. I heard if the election doesn't work out for him he'll turn around Fiat Chrysler by offering to sell any car ... at 0.99% for 180 months.

[@cynthusinfinite]

Yea grimey he is. Thanks for your post.

[@timbuggles9178]

Canada should hold election now , save money and get Canada back on track ... no brainer !

[@cdncrooner1]

What's your hurry? Would you like Canadian voters to be upset, out of their mind with anger, then, at that point, make a decision? Or, have an opportunity to hear all the politicians, go on the Google or do all the research, watching debates, and make the, calm, rational , very important decisions, for all are future, and Canada's!

[@cynthusinfinite]

Buggies you work for sneer lol

[@cdncrooner1]

@@cynthusinfinite Scheer is a joke! He see liberals poll's weaking, he thinks, it easygoing, don't say anything, and hope, we've all forgotten, "The any body but, STEVEN HARPER, CAMPAIGN!"

[@Hunter-ve4pv]

Such a nice change to hear an intelligent voice. Cmon October.

[@jimmoore3705]

If anything, we should be reducing the amount of chemicals that pollute and kill wildlife and plants. Remember plants eat carbon dioxide. In any event we cannot stop climate change. It will happen and has been happening for millions of years. Helping people adapt would be more beneficial.

[@cynthusinfinite]

If anything, we should be cutting off the people running our lives ruining our wildlife and nature. Let's not forget companies like nestle buying our water from under our feet. All levels of gov't your brand of love really hurts many for long. Including your own canadian family.

[@joshhaughton1893]

It's frustrating that Canadian politics are becoming more Americanized. Sheer respoded by insulting Trudeau instead of answering questions.

[@jy3ster]

Just listening to this again... his plan is a bunch of BS. He is better off sitting on the sideline complaining about everything because coming up with solutions to problems is not his forte

[@binloveds]

3:14 what is the cost to Canadians? Why do we need to help China!!!!??? No.... we do not need to help China! I do NOT CONSENT SCHEER!

[@DrEhrfurchtgebietend]

We should invest in carbon capture and nuclear power

[@jodygrenier]

Investing in nuclear power using Thorium would be impressive.

[@DrEhrfurchtgebietend]

@@jodygrenier Dont even need to bother. A modern Candu reactor can produce solid waste. No issue to store

[@ogChaaka]

Agreed. Canada has the best uranium and reactors on earth.

[@Dentor59]

Great Plan Andrew

[@goodpost256]

Only 120 days left to begin fighting climate change for real !!

[@blanchfieldcommercial1965]

Once the geoengineering theoretical testing stops with the world's governments coming to agreement ,then the real man made climate change/disruption can finally get to let our planet try to get back to its regular cycles and work naturally again.

[@goodpost256]

@@blanchfieldcommercial1965 above my knowledge on the subject.. but sounds correct.. beats the near nothing that drink box water ummm guy has done. It is overseas where impact will be

[@chemoboy-dannypheleps9234]

by not at all

[@gsthomas187]

Liberals: if we tax the businesses then they will want to produce less carbon emissions. Conservatives: If we make the businesses use more efficient technology then they will become more efficient at limiting their emissions.

[@Albert-zh6ps]

And technology investment has a potential to create profit and in turn jobs

[@MrPotato16]

Libs: they have no plan, they have no plan, they have no plan! Tories: release 60 page plan on how to tackle climate change through the private sector without taxes Libs: they’re, uuuhhhhh, RACIST!

[@charm5666]

Did you read it? One page is 5 sentences, the font is just HUGE. 21 pages of intro that do not have any details. 60 pages???? Laughable

[@kyblore]

@@shawnmarla9663 you know the alberta tax actually gave people money back? money that the massive polluters had to pay?

[@kyblore]

@@shawnmarla9663 uhh then explain the monthly tax credit people got, mostly retired people even...

[@kyblore]

@@shawnmarla9663 lol no shit ford cut all the tax returns for regular people ...

[@kyblore]

@@shawnmarla9663 LOL.....

[@sebastianminney4696]

One thing I don't like about Canada is it's just to liberal

[@backtoobasics]

how about every energy dollar thats acessable call elon musk up tell him the newfie's got the budget to throw canada into 2050 in 10 years, im talking less than 1 billion dollars. get over the micro foolishness i got it just drop me a line

[@martinbraun3886]

It is great to see a plan that does not tax the people of this country to death. Great job! Justin take notes this is how it should be done!

[@ZeroBoostBuick]

We need better recycling programs as well.

[@jy3ster]

Umm how will it be funded?

[@Albert-zh6ps]

Privately by those that want an opportunity to make money in an ever expanding technology industry

[@jy3ster]

Albert the numbers still don’t add up. Nice try though

[@Albert-zh6ps]

Say I’m a big Corp. and I get a tax cut to diversify and make more money say...in the field of renewable resource technologies...I could afford to invest and probably create jobs in the process while developing new and/or better technologies...and make money

[@jy3ster]

Albert you can just stop at big Corp and you will already get a big tax cut under conservatives.

[@jayray1714]

“We’re going to do whatever we can to make billionaires more money and.. well that’s it.

[@jamesgraham5717]

Anything is better than the Liberal tax grab. I also agree with others who mentioned that Canada should have a better recycling program. Here in NB, they don't recycle glass.

[@cynthusinfinite]

Lol recycling program? They make we buy we consume we discard we no recycle at the municipal level. It's smoke and mirror getting you to believe our garbage is recycled. Call and ask. They told me "nothing is done with collected for recycle material."

[@bsant54]

He's correct on tech. Worked spectacularly well here in the EU. A tax credit the way to go. Here in Italia, it seems every home owner has Solar after a tax credit. Carrot always works better than a stick. And WTF, an "Authority" to verify? Give the tax credit to taxpayers and you watch. Moronic Committee decision making apparatchiks...how stupid is that?

[@qawii3]

Yes ... tax the big polluters ... or put financial pressure on them so that they will clean up their acts. We can not avoid driving our car and trucks will continue to move our goods

[@nickyninetoes3163]

What a joke. Same lies about corporations cutting prices for consumers that his buddy Dollar Beer Doug Ford spewed. Anyone in Ontario knows the price of beer hasn't changed since then and the same applies for any company who will accept these incentives. The rich get richer and we keep paying for it.

[@tomkelly8827]

Actually when it comes to energy, I do not want either the carrot (incentives) or the stick ( carbon taxes). I want the truth. I want the patent office to release the human ingenuity that has been patented by powerful people and shelved. I want to see all of Nicola Tesla's patents. I want to see Stanley Meyers patents. I want to see all the carbeurator patents. I want to see the patents related to UFO's too

[@bmaw604]

Anybody but this guy.. I'd hate to hear him speak when he cant just start every sentence "Justins liberals have..."

[@bitwhys3920]

Did he say exponentially? What's 20 squared?

[@flamboone9727]

400

[@keet8996]

I don’t want to hear you point the finger, liberals this liberals that,

[@garyd5622]

The whole point of the Paris Climate Agreement was to justify increased taxes based on flawed science. It is important to reduce harmful pollutants but the claim that carbon dioxide is a pollutant and causes the earth's weather to change is incorrect. Carbon dioxide is an essential gas for all plant life and currently the earth's atmosphere has a shortage of carbon dioxide to the point that if it goes lower, plant life will suffer. With this fact, is it wise to attempt to reduce it more?

[@jimdexter9343]

Make Scheer a waiter again!

[@clivelewis3924]

Great approach- Trudeau redistributes income, Scheer incentivizes positive change.

[@thomascrown6874]

According to lieberals - Scheer weakness? Or according to Canadians - Scheer Common Sense!

[@wideglideguy1]

Thomas Crown Doug Ford .. Jason Kenney Andrew Smear. I see the similarities

[@cynthusinfinite]

Like there's a difference btwn them lol

[@thomascrown6874]

vomittie, has there ever been a PM who mistook and called the leader of Japan for China? Uhm... not once but twice. If this is your measure of your own brain cell, no wonder.

[@dianavance1137]

I think the carbon tax should come out of justhing truedunce's foundation. He is a thief.

[@Cballin]

NO TARGETS, NO ACCOUNTABILITY, NO PLAN.

[@sanigene]

Sheer sounds like a Green party member. Well done, that's the right approach.

[@don-cw1yz]

I would not go that far. Let's face it the Green Party is a one trick pony.

[@qigao7339]

Something worth a thrum up.

[@cynthusinfinite]

Throw up.

[@essenegnostic8711]

Quite a dilemma deciding which Freemason to vote for.

[@MrChosenmarine]

the fact that people think a global warming plan is the most important thing is just laughable

[@miaolittle141]

What does China or other developing countries do about climate change? Why A person or country doing the damage, B person or country should be disciplined?

[@tomkelly8827]

China is doing more then everyone else combined. Don't think you are better then them bud. We need to catch up to China's gigantic lead! They have small provinces with more renewable power then all of Canada does.

[@Mike588]

We are the least polluting country in the world. But we are made to pay the biggest penalties. While all the other countries keep polluting without any restrictions.

[@traviscutler9912]

I think a better one would be "rhetoric, not action"

[@ronhenderson1690]

Simple common sense, that won't get you too many liberal votes Andew???

[@TGIR.]

Great... a plan I can actually support.

[@420davlin]

Uh uh uh uh we uh are going to uh have to uh take a look at the uh budget and add 500mill more to the uh budget to hu tax canadians for our spending uh uh you deserve to pay back my problems uh. Who besides canadians want money uh uh I'll just cut a uh check for uh breathing uh.

[@robertcurry6413]

Scheer is right. Taxing natural gas furnaces, we don’t have alternative to heat homes or boilers.

[@gnrrailroad1531]

People’s Party of Canada 🇨🇦

[@Phoenixwizard77]

Well... you finally have my ears Andrew Scheer.... i look forward to more details in the future. (From a left winger)

[@Phoenixwizard77]

@vomittie Probably, but if for any miraculous reason he has a legit plan, and not just another serving of word salad, I'm listening. It's probably the first half policy proposal the guy has made, so we might as well hear the details when they come since this private school funding twit is probably going to be the next PM.

[@syncleticasaint9134]

New Tech?!!! Like 5g and 6g???

[@a1i3n]

Put it in writing. Sign your name and it will entice me.

[@chrisworth2102]

A bible thumping Harper clone, that will fix it. he probably thinks his sky fairy will fix everything.

[@Cballin]

CARBON TAXES DO WORK, LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF EXAMPLES ACROSS THE WORLD.

[@qpalzmwoskxn827]

A carbon tax is by far the most effective way to quickly move people and companies to more sustainable options, and if you research it you’ll find most people get money BACK from it. I know taxes are never popular but please do research on the carbon tax before making your mind up.

[@st-ct4mv]

right I'm not going to heat my house or drive to work because of the carbon tax get real, a carbon tax is a tax on the middle class, It has no effect on the wealthy (Trudeau) ,and companies will always pass additional costs down to the consumer so they make there margins.

[@dpach2382]

My wife and I got a total of around $450 back this year. From the first few utility bills listing the carbon tax, the increase in grocery prices, the carbon tax on gas, etc, I have projected the carbon tax will cost me roughly $790 this year. So we will be in the hole around $340 or so this year. Next year the gap widens as the carbon tax goes up.

[@ogChaaka]

You dont really believe that, do you? The carbon tax is just virtue signaling while simultaneously a cash grab. Nobody in canada will change their behaviors because a tank of gas costs 2$ more. Or not heat their homes to a comfortable level. Any reasonable person was already doing what they can to minimize waste. Also if you are getting a rebate dont you wonder why you had to pay in the first place?

[@qpalzmwoskxn827]

DPach if you’re in the whole $340 then you’re probably using too much carbon producing utilities (I probably do too, and I’m not judging anyone for that) but not having a price on carbon gives companies no incentives to reduce their carbon footprint or invest in cleaner energy. Also we will be paying billions to the effects of climate change in the future so if our current energy sources are causing the problem does it not make sense to start paying for it now instead of passing all the economic problems that will stem from this down to newer generations? Also I’m not tryna start an argument I see people angry in these comments lol if you can convince me otherwise I’m open to it but from what I’ve read I support trying a carbon tax

[@st-ct4mv]

@@dpach2382 And you still have to heat your house drive to work and eat. You may have to cut back on that family vacation, you know the kind Trudeau takes every other week! TAX ON THE MIDDLE CLASS!

[@thomascrown6874]

Trudeau 2019 - TrulyDone 2019

[@Aaron16211]

Transitioning to 100% renewables is the solution. New Alberta wind farms came in at 3.7 cents per kilowatt hour. Electric floors and electric vehicles?

[@kadarahmed9614]

He doesn't know what is he talking about, another Harper is not coming back sorry

[@Cballin]

The costs will just be passed onto the consumers and they won't get a rebate, This plan is short sighted and will not work.

[@tntcanada420]

There is no plan. What a joke.

[@charm5666]

This plan is no plan..