Ford vows to stop taxing carbon by scrapping the Wynne government’s cap-and trade system, which currently costs a typical Ontario household $500 a year, projected to rise to $2,500 a year by 2022. Doing so would pit Ford against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal government, which threatens to carbon-tax Ontarians if Ford refuses to. But that seems an empty threat — the federal Liberals would be reluctant to impose a carbon tax on Ontarians when running for re-election next year. Even if the federal government does impose a carbon tax on Ontario, the Supreme Court may strike it down as unconstitutional — some legal scholars believe Trudeau has improperly intruded into an area of provincial jurisdiction.
福特要取消碳税，土豆威胁如果安省不收碳税联邦就在安省收碳税。但这个威胁难以实现，即便一意孤行也难以维持。因为明年联邦大选，如果联邦对安省多征税，它还想不想要安省的选票了？安省是选票大省。即便土豆冒死征税，安省也可以告到最高法院，因为土豆干预一个省的执政权可能违宪。看来土豆的碳税政策是纸老虎，只要有各省反抗，经不起挑战，而明年大选前世很好的机会。现在的关键是把韦恩这个土豆内应赶走，让一个关心安省权益的人上台和土豆斗争。
