The more I look into this, the more I see non-Liberal groups acting the same as DeSmog. This apparently is only partisan if you limit yourself to partisan sources. The crux behind it was put clearly by Suzuki:
http://www.desmogblog.com/david-suzuki-speaks-personally-carbon-tax
Essentially, voting against carbon taxes turns them venomous to future politicians. By choosing ‘axe the tax’, the NDP gamble ANY future non-reactionary carbon pricing on them losing the election – either way, they lose. They should have used ‘polluter pays’, which not only is a legitimate criticism of the Liberal tax, but also cashes in on populist opinion (i.e. ‘why should we be footing the bill for those giant corporations’ instead of ‘why dhould we be paying anything at all’).
This is a stupid move on the NDP’s part.
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