A Canadian yellow vest protest at Tim Hortons?
Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager
Any ideas for a prospective Canadian version of France’s Yellow Vest Protests?
Perhaps meeting up at the local Tim Hortons for a Double Double coffee and and a cheese sandwich, and firmly requesting en mass for Trudeau to apologize?
(I’m sorry for that.)
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“The yellow vest protests in France that started over a fuel surcharge designed to get the country to its Paris-accord carbon-reduction targets have evolved to make Paris itself a literal target for any and all violence-prone opponents of capitalism, globalization, Donald Trump and so on. But carbon taxes were the spark.
… France’s troubles have galvanized one aspect of Ottawa’s carbon policy. Asked about Macron, Trudeau said in his interview: “He didn’t ensure the second part of it: you put a price on pollution ’cause we want less pollution. But you also make sure that ordinary Canadians are going to be able to afford this transition towards a lower-carbon economy.”
To which Barton asks: “So it’s the rebate that makes the difference?” …