1: way, enough, canada, pollut, know, much, compani, countri, make, consum • "je n'écoute plus et ne lis presque plus les nouvelles : Trop de négativité et d'un mandat àl'autre, chaque gouvernement nous vole un peu plus, fait de mauvais choix, c'est décourageant. Comme je ne p" • "Je n'ai pas beaucoup entendu parler, donc mon opinion est neutre pour l'instant. Je devrais m'informer un peu plus Sur La question." • "Je ne suis pas assez au courant pour me prononcer et je ne suis pas certaine que cela sera bien géré" • "I don’ Know enough ..I don’t watch news or read paper.Only sad news now" • "I am not sure because I am not educated on the topic enough to give a reasonable answer"

2: tax, peopl, use, fuel, carbon, reduc, money, chang, pay, emiss • "INCREASING CARBON TAX WILL FORCE PEOPLE NOT TO BE TOO RELIANT ON USING THEIR PRIVATE VEHICLES ALL THE TIME AND PERHAPS USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT THEREBY REDUCING EMMISSIONS" • "Based on the price of living, housing and food I think increasing the price will only add more pressure on ppl’s lifes. If the government could reduce other costs of linving and increase the price of" • "The cost of living is already very high! We do not have practical affordable options to replace the use of fossil fuels. A carbon tax will not reduce carbon emissions. The government needs to make be" • "it will not stop people from driving it is a need. the carbon tax is a tax grab and nothing else, provincial should have to show all the carbon tax accumulated each year and where the money went" • "I think it's important that resources are set aside to research and develop renewable energy sources so that the reliance on fossil fuels and its impacts to the environment are lessened for future gen"

1: tax, carbon, money, govern, emiss, alreadi, canada, anoth, cost, grab • "Because Canada already has one of the lowest carbon emissions in the world. Putting a carbon tax hurts our economy and job creation. It is the mindless policy of eastern elites who care little about s" • "Because it?s just another tax that will raise the price of virtually everything but will have absolutely no impact on reducing carbon emissions in Canada. Canada is not the problem, the U.S., India an" • "How does a tax lower carbon output? The money is the same as closing the door after the dog runs away. If the tax was to fund a device to clean up the air, fine. All the tax does is put more money in" • "Canada right now only contributes 2% of total global carbon emissions and a carbon tax on Canadians will do nothing to curb carbon emissions globally. This tax is nothing more than a Liberal tax grab." • "Current federal proposal is not equitable to all provinces. Provinces should have realistic targets for reducing their carbon emissions, with penalties for not reaching those targets."

2: peopl, pay, need, think, mak, use, enough, get, know, price • "Je ne suis pas assez au courant pour me prononcer et je ne suis pas certaine que cela sera bien géré" • "I don’ Know enough ..I don’t watch news or read paper.Only sad news now" • "Plusieurs personnes doivent payer l'essence pour ce rendre a leur travaille de manière obligatoire pour nourrir leur famille et ils ont pas les moyens de payer une taxe pour l'essence en plus de tous" • "Not really sure. Don’t know enough to form an opinion" • "Please re check this survey many questions do not make sense with answers offered."

3: fuel, use, fossil, reduc, chang, environ, help, climat, energi, pollut • "Bon pour la réduction de la consommation. Cependant, il faut s’assurer que des mesures soient prises pour faire délaisser les énergies fossiles à moyen long terme" • "Ça peut encourager, et les consommateurs, et les producteurs d'énergie fossile à en diminuer l'utilisation de ces combustibles et à trouver d'autres solutions énergétiques." • "Because morals or good faith seldom work to address such type of issues as climate change. If the economics of oil/coal vs. their alternatives change however, then we may have a greater change at actu" • "We have to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels if we are reduce global warming to acceptable levels. Renewable energy sources are well known and have to be more extensively used." • "Protégez l?environnement pour les futures générations"

4: tax, carbon, emiss, enough, canada, grab, know, need, pay, sure • "I don’ Know enough ..I don’t watch news or read paper.Only sad news now" • "I believe that no matter how I feel it will happen anyway" • "Because I do not know enough about it to have an opinion." • "I just feel like I don’t ha e enough facts to support either end of the scale." • "I really don't know much about it."

1: peopl, pay, alreadi, anoth, cost, price, live, increa, work, car • "Standard of living is already so high where i live. Everything from food to household items have gone up but wages have not gone up as much as those items. How can I keep up if prices of so much bas" • "People needs their car to go to work and there are not a lot of electrical cars on the market now to choose. Why penalize people by increase gas price they need for daily life? The area I live in does" • "I work in construction and I need my truck and I can’t run a small car or electric vehicle. There are a lot of people like me" • "ce n'est pas en augmentant le prix que les gens arrêteront de se chauffer ou prendre la voiture pour travailler car il y a pas de transport en commun partout" • "It is a massive inconvenience for us to have to car pool or take transit constantly, which I’m sure is what the goal is of increasing the cost of gasoline."

2: use, fuel, reduc, chang, fossil, climat, environ, help, peopl, carbon • "Because it is now obviously human activity that is causing global warming, we MUST curtail our use of fossil fuels. This cannot happen overnight, so we need incentives to wean us off of fossil fuels a" • "Reducing carbon emissions is necessary to lessen climate change, so using less fossil fuels will help." • "We have to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels if we are reduce global warming to acceptable levels. Renewable energy sources are well known and have to be more extensively used." • "Bon pour la réduction de la consommation. Cependant, il faut s’assurer que des mesures soient prises pour faire délaisser les énergies fossiles à moyen long terme" • "Its reduces its use and hence less pollutes the environment and save some for the future generation."

3: money, govern, mak, way, get, effect, countri, world, consum, noth • "They way they are doing it is stupid....not the same across the country...our emissions in the world are what 1 - 1.5 %.....wont make a difference. Get rid of coal.....go to hydro, wind, nuke...need" • "its a bunch of crap and the prime minister just trying to get more money to spend on stupid shit or give away to immigrants." • "ne s'attaque pas au vraie problème...détourne l'attention? EX: congestions routières vs efficacité usine de ciment extrêmement polluante non nécessaire.. le cheptel bovin est permit les plus grand p" • "Money will not plug the problem. Worldwide change. Start with one continent and others will follow. Do nothing but fill and empty pockrts with psper(monry) and we still hsve problems. Tax never stop" • "I do not trust that the government will spend the money wisely."

3: tax, pay, money, govern, alreadi, anoth, enough, cost, grab, know • "I don’ Know enough ..I don’t watch news or read paper.Only sad news now" • "We as Canadians pay already so much in made up taxes that it is virtually impossible for the average family not to live pay to pay adding more taxes puts added cost on families already struggling to g" • "Because things are already expensive enough and I believe we pay enough in taxes and stuff. We work hard for our money." • "On va se faire avoir d'une manière une d'une autre avec ou sans taxe. Et onnpaxe assez de taxe comme ça." • "I cant afford another tax and the dollars gotten from that tax would probably go to something else anyway"

2: peopl, chang, need, climat, price, mak, think, increa, environ, drive • "We might still have a chance to change the situation." • "As price increases, people are more open to options and options become more affordable in comparison." • "Like the plastic bag bag in California, I believe it would push people to be more environmentally conscious. People would need to change their habits to help the environment." • "because climate change is a naturally occuring phenomenon that is impossible to change" • "We know these items are harmful to the environment and people have a choice whether to use these items or not and since they are CHOOSING to use these items regardless of environmental concerns, they"

1: use, fuel, fossil, energi, altern, less, car, encourag, caus, electr • "Plus souhaitable de soutenir financièrement la transition vers l’usage d’energies Alternatives propres que de pénaliser l’usage d’energies Fossile" • "Because, research has also shown that these fossil fuels lead to a loss in respiratory function and also have shown to lead to chronic respiratory diseases. I think, adding tax to these fuels will aut" • "This money could be used to invest in renuable, green energy,thus eventually steering away from fossil fuels." • "car ce n'est pas la solution. Il faut investir dans les transport en commun, sensibiliser les gens au covoiturage pour de moins en moins utiliser la voiture." • "It only slightly support because it might be a deterrent to purchasing this type of vehicle. But alternative, more attractive options should be available and promoted vs. a punishment."

4: carbon, emiss, reduc, tax, canada, effect, countri, world, noth, big • "Current federal proposal is not equitable to all provinces. Provinces should have realistic targets for reducing their carbon emissions, with penalties for not reaching those targets." • "it is a wealth transfer policy that does nothing to reduce world emission levels and unfairly punishes the Canadian economy & citizens" • "CO2 has damn near Fuck all to do the bullshit that is called man made global warming. PERIOD" • "Canada right now only contributes 2% of total global carbon emissions and a carbon tax on Canadians will do nothing to curb carbon emissions globally. This tax is nothing more than a Liberal tax grab." • "Canada has some of the lowest carbon emissions in the world. Time to go after the worst offenders -China for one."

5: help, reduc, environ, pollut, way, consumpt, compani, support, must, planet • "tout simplement qu'il doivent prendre responsabilite de leurs action et leurs faim d'argent" • "Peut-être ils vont diminué la production , oui sa leur dérangera pas." • "Il faut sauver la planète pour les générations futures. Je pense à mes enfants et petits-enfants" • "Il faut diminuer les GES pour améliorer l'état de la planète. Si on ne s'en occupe pas maintenant, ce sont les générations futures qui en payerons grandement le prix." • "Supporting a carbon tax now may not help my generation or not even my children’s generation but I do believe it will start helping my great grandchildren and that’s great."

1: tax, pay, alreadi, cost, enough, know, much, afford, sure, live • "I don’ Know enough ..I don’t watch news or read paper.Only sad news now" • "Je ne suis pas assez au courant pour me prononcer et je ne suis pas certaine que cela sera bien géré" • "It sounds like a fair idea, but I don't have enough information to really say." • "I don't pay too much attention. Just pay my bills." • "Je n'ai pas assez d'informations pour me prononcer."

2: peopl, price, think, mak, get, increa, work, car, drive, electr • "Cela forcera les gens qui veulent bien économiser à se déplacer de manière plus écologique (ex. voiture électrique, transport en commun) et les compagnies plus locales seront avantagées, ce qui est ég" • "Hopefully the increase in prices will give people the chance to take a double-take or think or a second option. Like eletrical, geothermal,tidal, wind, solar,etc..." • "ce n'est pas en augmentant le prix que les gens arrêteront de se chauffer ou prendre la voiture pour travailler car il y a pas de transport en commun partout" • "It won't stop people from driving, it will likely mean an increase in price for those who use public transit thus discouraging people from taking it.Large companies who use the most likely will not ba" • "People still have to use their cars, they'll be annoyed by the increase in the gas' price, but they won't stop. If electric cars were the same price as other cars, though, they would most probably mak"

5: use, fuel, fossil, way, altern, less, effect, put, believ, better • "Because, research has also shown that these fossil fuels lead to a loss in respiratory function and also have shown to lead to chronic respiratory diseases. I think, adding tax to these fuels will aut" • "We have to get away from fossil fuels especially coal. I worked at a city with 3 coal fired coal plants. They had the highest per capita asthma in the province. I worked there for 11 years and recen" • "My bank account is not more important then the survival of the planet... im not that special neither is anyone else." • "It holds you accountable for using fossil fuels" • "Phasing out the use of fossil fuels is essential to save the human race from extinction. Making fossil fuels more expensive will encourage people to find alternatives and/or use less."

3: tax, carbon, money, emiss, govern, reduc, canada, grab, countri, world • "The tax revenue is just going into general revenue for the government, and it appears to be a revenue generator and nothing appears to be going to lower carbon emissions." • "There is no evidence that a carbon tax reduces carbon emissions. In fact BCs has a carbon tax and their emissions went up. If Canada eliminated our carbon emissions it would have less than a 1% on t" • "Canada right now only contributes 2% of total global carbon emissions and a carbon tax on Canadians will do nothing to curb carbon emissions globally. This tax is nothing more than a Liberal tax grab." • "I see no evidence that a carbon tax reduces carbon emissions . It is a money grab." • "The carbon tax is a scam, the old joke about "taxing the air we breathe"... they finally figured out how to pull it off."

4: chang, climat, environ, help, energi, pollut, need, reduc, support, encourag • "To protect climate changes and to improved the situations we are leaving in" • "It can fund environnement protection program and fight climate change." • "c'est un incitatif pour les compagnies à diminuer leur consommation, ou à chercher à créer de nouvelles habitudes." • "To help the future generation of kids that will grow up in this planet" • "Nous sommes tous concerné par les changements climatiques et chacun doit faire sa part."

6: anoth, need, canadian, live, put, still, make, anyth, heat, economi • "Sovereignty of the provinces and the disproportionate amount of responsibility put on Alberta and other oil producing provinces. Lack of a clear plan for the use of these funds. Lack of data about h" • "Taxing Canadians and for basic daily needs like heat, is not going to change anything. The we need to find better processes for the use of these basic needs." • "We need it and can't necessarily use less as a household. We live it a cold winter and hot summer climate and need to adjust the temperature of our houses. Also need to drive to a lot of places like" • "Without clear alternative to gas, putting tax on it will just give extra weight on people's shoulders. As much as we want to avoid to use gas because it destroys nature, it is a necessity." • "CO2 is the gas of life, and we are close to global land based life going extinct because of low CO2 levels. Levels have been 5 to 10 times higher in the geologic past without runaway warming."

1: pay, alreadi, cost, enough, know, peopl, live, much, work, afford • "Je ne suis pas assez au courant pour me prononcer et je ne suis pas certaine que cela sera bien géré" • "I don’ Know enough ..I don’t watch news or read paper.Only sad news now" • "Je n'ai pas assez d'informations pour me prononcer." • "Je ne me suis pas informé sur le sujet alors je n'en connais pas spécialement les enjeux principaux." • "Not familiar Dont know enough about this"

2: money, mak, think, way, get, make, consum, altern, anyth, big • "It won't change anything, all it will do is make it difficult for people to survive. Groceries will increase and public transportation (buses, and even just walking) is complete garbage in most of Can" • "Because it seems that historically the prices have fluctuated for other reasons. This seems as a money grab with no clear way to see if it makes a difference" • "I dont trust the government to use the money they receive from the taxes in a way that will actually make a difference. Also I have to use a vehicle that uses gas. If there was a realistic alternative" • "its a bunch of crap and the prime minister just trying to get more money to spend on stupid shit or give away to immigrants." • "I just don?t think this will make a difference to how people will want to make a difference with this tax"

3: fuel, use, reduc, carbon, chang, emiss, fossil, peopl, climat, help • "Reducing carbon emissions is necessary to lessen climate change, so using less fossil fuels will help." • "We have to stop using fossil fuels and if putting a price on them, or taxing them more will help reduce the use of fossil fuels, I'm all for it." • "I believe putting price or tax on fossil fuels will help curb the extent to which humans engage in activities that might aggravate the impact of climate change in our environment." • "Climate change is real. We need to be more responsible as individuals and businesses in the use of fossil fuels and have some incentive to change our usage" • "Individuals and corporations are not voluntarily reducing their carbon output"

5: tax, govern, anoth, grab, noth, put, price, car, canadian, still • "just another tax on the ordinary person to fill the coffers of government" • "It it was a fair tax imposed evenly across all sectors. This is just another money grab by the federal government to pay for their various projects that the majority of Canadians do not agree with." • "It is only a tax grab by government, and to appease the environmental lobby" • "Justin Trudeau - Justin in 2014 - Justout in 2019" • "Les taxes sur le combustibles sont encore chargés aux consommateurs. Par ailleurs, le prix imposé est toujours augmenté, mais jamais ce prix ne resdescent lorsque le prix du baril diminue par exemple"

6: need, environ, like, support, thing, someth, option, energi, wast, resourc • "Because relatively speaking these things are still inexpensive, and we need motivation to move towards 'greener' resources, and a way to fund research towards these." • "We need to be able to support the environment while there is still something to support. We need the resources to begin to better manage the environment" • "Because it's the sensible thing to do--providing we replace it as quickly as possible with cleaner forms of energy such as solar, wind and HEMP. If fossil fuels are more costly than clean fuels, this" • "If it is going to really help the environment than let's get it in motion, let's get something that everyone agrees on and work together to help heal the environment." • "As a nation, or even planet, the reliance on fossil fuels needs to end. Currently the infrastructure does not support eliminating fossil fuels; someone needs to step up to forcefully set in motion a"

7: tax, peopl, environ, energi, less, pollut, encourag, altern, compani, protect • "Cela forcera les gens qui veulent bien économiser à se déplacer de manière plus écologique (ex. voiture électrique, transport en commun) et les compagnies plus locales seront avantagées, ce qui est ég" • "Instead of a carbon tax, I would prefer that the government create incentives for the public to purchase Electric vehicles, and build new eco-friendly public transportation systems, along with creatin" • "Encourage la population au transport en commun ou à l’achat de voiture électrique. Beaucoup moins nocif pour l’environnement" • "il faut que, ceux qui produise des GES soient pénalisés pour qu'ils trouvent des solutions pour que les GES diminuent rapidement avec qu'il soit trop tard." • "cela cause beauoup de polution donc cela motiverais plus les gens a ne pas en produire"

4: canada, carbon, countri, effect, world, problem, pollut, believ, one, heat • "Canada has a population base smaller than two of the world's largest cities. We also have the largest land mass of any country in the world. So what possible effect will our pathetic contribution do t" • "I am against it because it doesn't deal with the massive pollution problems in other countries. In fact, it ignores the world's worst offenders while going after the fossil fuel industry in Canada." • "We hardly have any coal plants in Canada and when it comes to the world foot print we are at the bottom where we are compared to other countries." • "Because it doesn’t do a damn thing. China and other polluting countries need to do more. Canada is a carbon sink because of our forests. We are killing our economy when the rest of the world takes adv" • "Canada has some of the lowest carbon emissions in the world. Time to go after the worst offenders -China for one."

3: tax, money, pay, govern, alreadi, anoth, enough, grab, sure, mak • "Because we already pay more then our share for taxes for the government to just throw it away to whatever he wants like a terrorist." • "Je ne suis pas assez au courant pour me prononcer et je ne suis pas certaine que cela sera bien géré" • "We pay enough money to the government and pay enough taxes already" • "I don’ Know enough ..I don’t watch news or read paper.Only sad news now" • "We already pay enough in taxes and who is to say the money will be spent to help the issue."

8: chang, need, climat, help, better, someth, thing, make, corpor, done • "we really have no choice, climate change is real and we need to do SOMETHING to change people's behaviours. It will not be comfortable but it's really the very least we can do." • "to help pay for programs to help the environment" • "To change peoples behaviors" • "We are slowly changing the earth by emissions. Everyone needs to pay their share" • "As thinking people we MUST do things to avoid climate change! We have to think beyond the present and even beyond our own lifetimes or our children's lifetimes to the total well being of the planet! W"

1: fuel, fossil, way, altern, find, caus, industri, product, like, also • "Because, research has also shown that these fossil fuels lead to a loss in respiratory function and also have shown to lead to chronic respiratory diseases. I think, adding tax to these fuels will aut" • "There seems to be a misnomer about the actual feasibility of sustained long term dependence of natural resources for economic usage. The more tactile and logical step forward is to reduce our depende" • "Because relatively speaking these things are still inexpensive, and we need motivation to move towards 'greener' resources, and a way to fund research towards these." • "Because we have to break our dependency on fossil fuels and develop more renewal options like wind and solar power" • "We have created alternative options and we are beginning to decrease reliance on fossil fuels so it seems important and logical to try and steer people away from supporting and using fossil fuels and"

2: energi, support, consumpt, global, must, warm, gener, sourc, solut, planet • "il faut que, ceux qui produise des GES soient pénalisés pour qu'ils trouvent des solutions pour que les GES diminuent rapidement avec qu'il soit trop tard." • "We must start now,before it's too late, for the sake of folks' children and grandchildren. We cannot let the Conservatives do nothing." • "If we don't do something now to save the planet, it will be extremely difficult for our grandchildren & great grandchildren's future." • "Il faut sauver la planète pour les générations futures. Je pense à mes enfants et petits-enfants" • "Il faut se tourner vers les énergies renouvelables, afin de limiter le réchauffement de la planète"

5: use, environ, pollut, less, peopl, think, reduc, compani, encourag, mak • "Les usines vont peut-être se rendre compte qu?il faut moins polluer l?environnement" • "Pour contrer les changements climatiques et réduire la pollution atsmophérique" • "So the companies produce renewables and thereby polluting the environment less." • "To reduce pollution and protect the environment" • "Les gens qui polluent devraient payer une taxe car ils contribuent à la détérioration de l'environnement, cela pourrait les inciter à moins polluer."

6: know, much, afford, put, increa, still, work, anyth, realli, believ • "Every policy comes with pros and cons. Sometimes what we deicde to be the most appropriate policy can turn out to be the opposite; sometimes what we think is the right thing can turn out to be less be" • "Its poisonous and well anything that is poisonous has the full potential of being able to harm someone alot if not out right kill them" • "Je n'ai pas beaucoup entendu parler, donc mon opinion est neutre pour l'instant. Je devrais m'informer un peu plus Sur La question." • "I am an international student, I am not truly able to pitch in" • "I haven't heard the arguments, and therefore, still undecided"

7: peopl, price, cost, get, live, car, consum, drive, electr, stop • "Driving is a necessity in our society. We literally need vehicles to get anywhere unless you're close enough to walk. Not all disabled people can easily get to public transport, taxis are expensive, b" • "People who drive will continue to drive. Price will be something to complain about, but won’t do much to refuse its usage. Cigarette prices have risen extremely high over the years and ripple are stil" • "indirectly it affects us all whether we drive or not carbon emmission affects our health we breath the air causes problem for people with low or compromised immunity healthy air means healthy people l" • "It’s not going to stop people from purchasing it. Make electric cars affordable for the general public instead" • "People needs their car to go to work and there are not a lot of electrical cars on the market now to choose. Why penalize people by increase gas price they need for daily life? The area I live in does"

4: carbon, emiss, reduc, tax, canada, countri, world, noth, effect, one • "Current federal proposal is not equitable to all provinces. Provinces should have realistic targets for reducing their carbon emissions, with penalties for not reaching those targets." • "Canada has some of the lowest carbon emissions in the world. Time to go after the worst offenders -China for one." • "There is no evidence that a carbon tax reduces carbon emissions. In fact BCs has a carbon tax and their emissions went up. If Canada eliminated our carbon emissions it would have less than a 1% on t" • "it is a wealth transfer policy that does nothing to reduce world emission levels and unfairly punishes the Canadian economy & citizens" • "Canada has one of the lowest carbon footprints in the world due to our vast forests and emission cutting technology."

6: tax, pay, govern, alreadi, cost, grab, live, much, afford, increa • "Standard of living is already so high where i live. Everything from food to household items have gone up but wages have not gone up as much as those items. How can I keep up if prices of so much bas" • "We as Canadians pay already so much in made up taxes that it is virtually impossible for the average family not to live pay to pay adding more taxes puts added cost on families already struggling to g" • "This raises the price of gas which is already something I can hardly afford. We are taxed on everything its difficult to enjoy life when we are constantly having to pay for bills and taxes and some o" • "we already pay way to much tax on almost everything we purchase and off of our income." • "we can not afford to be taxed more our income is not rising to the cost of living and taxes"

1: fuel, fossil, price, less, put, consum, caus, anyth, global, warm • "We are at a critical point in time where if something drastic isn't done immediately there won't be anyone left in ten years. So doing whatever we can to try and delay if not prevent this end is extre" • "Because it is now obviously human activity that is causing global warming, we MUST curtail our use of fossil fuels. This cannot happen overnight, so we need incentives to wean us off of fossil fuels a" • "Summers are warm, winters are cold. This is normal in Canada. Extremes in temp, on occasion, have happened for hundreds of years. Fossil fuels are are waiting for extraction and are required and sh" • "WE ARE HAVING THE COLDEST WINTER IN A LONG TIME. AND IT IS STILL CALLED GOBBLE WARMING!!! BRING ON SOME OF THE WARM" • "Putting a price on fossil fuels will only hurt the consumer and the economy. Fossil fuels provide cheap abundant energy to Canadians. Moreover, consumption will not be curtailed by an increase in pric"

2: money, anoth, way, stop, one, take, produc, collect, spend, financ • "Money will not plug the problem. Worldwide change. Start with one continent and others will follow. Do nothing but fill and empty pockrts with psper(monry) and we still hsve problems. Tax never stop" • "Because everything else goes up and how are people to afford anything for example I make $1385.00 a month on Disability Rent $900.00 Cell phone $120.00 Cable/internet $80.00 Bus pass $25.00 I only h" • "IF you calculate how much carbon and fossil fuels we produce and calculate the amount of trees there are in Canada and how much oxygen they produce. Tree produce quite a bit more oxygen than we produc" • "Because it is not needed, stop spending our money on useless shit" • "Just another way for or goverment to grab more money so they can buy more water slides for their back yards n spend more money FOOLISHLY"

3: energi, altern, compani, support, encourag, better, think, find, option, must • "il faut que, ceux qui produise des GES soient pénalisés pour qu'ils trouvent des solutions pour que les GES diminuent rapidement avec qu'il soit trop tard." • "Si le prix de l'essence augmente considérablement, les gens seront, espérons, davantage portés à réfléchir à leurs déplacements. Ils favoriseront le transport en commun ou le covoiturage pour diminuer" • "With so many alternative sources of energy that can be used, we should no longer be as heavily reliant on these non renewable resources as before. Therefore in order to encourage companies and people" • "Pur que les entreprises diminue ces achats. Mais il faudrait faire la promotion de la combustion propre" • "Pour inciter les gens et les décideurs à se tourner vers des énergies plus verte, notamment en transport, et en facilité le développement et l’accès"

4: chang, climat, effect, like, work, believ, oil, industri, affect, want • "I strongly believe, and there are facts to base my belief on, that climate change is always happening on a cyclical basis. I believe that mother nature of God or whatever you want to believe in has" • "Climate change has happened tens of thousands of years ago... and tens of thousands before that. There is strong evidence supporting this pattern of heating and cooling over the past 100000s years. So" • "We have to get away from fossil fuels especially coal. I worked at a city with 3 coal fired coal plants. They had the highest per capita asthma in the province. I worked there for 11 years and recen" • "Because there should be intensives not distinctiveness and it is not far province to province. I.E. Quebec vs Sask.and the Prairies" • "Climate change is and will happen as it always has, and spending millions or billions of dollars will not change the process. Tax dollars will benefit an elite group but not change the climate."

7: use, peopl, environ, help, reduc, pollut, good, someth, gener, planet • "Its reduces its use and hence less pollutes the environment and save some for the future generation." • "We know these items are harmful to the environment and people have a choice whether to use these items or not and since they are CHOOSING to use these items regardless of environmental concerns, they" • "Diminuer la quantité utilisée" • "To reduce pollution and protect the environment" • "To help the future generation of kids that will grow up in this planet"

5: enough, think, know, car, sure, still, electr, realli, wast, issu • "I don’ Know enough ..I don’t watch news or read paper.Only sad news now" • "Je ne suis pas assez au courant pour me prononcer et je ne suis pas certaine que cela sera bien géré" • "Not really sure. Don’t know enough to form an opinion" • "I am not sure because I am not educated on the topic enough to give a reasonable answer" • "I am an international student, I am not truly able to pitch in"

9: need, peopl, mak, get, make, thing, big, differ, corpor, buy • "People still need to use gas and heat so all the carbon pricing is doing is making it so living is more expensive for already struggling people. It’s not realalistic to expect everyone to get a electr" • "I just don?t think this will make a difference to how people will want to make a difference with this tax" • "I don’t think it will deter people from buying" • "The money won’t force people to reduce fossil fuels and it also won’t go to protecting the environment. It is just a money grab" • "The majority of Canadians will still find the need to use the same amount of fuel so all this is doing is making their budget tighter. It’s essentially a cash grab by the government."

8: carbon, emiss, reduc, canada, countri, world, drive, noth, problem, canadian • "it is a wealth transfer policy that does nothing to reduce world emission levels and unfairly punishes the Canadian economy & citizens" • "The carbon pricing policies have zero impact on emissions because it is a redistribution of wealth for political gain. Carbon pricing in Canada has minimal impact on world emissions of carbon. The gov" • "Canada has the strictest guidelines for emissions and also has a massive section of land which is forested. The rest of the world should get up to our standards before we even consider carbon taxes." • "Canada's emissions are minimal due to our small population." • "Canada has a population base smaller than two of the world's largest cities. We also have the largest land mass of any country in the world. So what possible effect will our pathetic contribution do t"

5: tax, noth, anyth, big, back, rebat, sen, taxat, level, see • "Other jurisdictions have failed or had minimal success with taxing." • "Fake tax to cover the raise of got back door" • "They claim they are going to pay back the carbon tax. this would be the same rotten deal we got on the GST." • "Money will not plug the problem. Worldwide change. Start with one continent and others will follow. Do nothing but fill and empty pockrts with psper(monry) and we still hsve problems. Tax never stop" • "It does nothing to reduce pollution, it simply transfers money from wealthy people to poor people based on taxes."

8: fuel, fossil, energi, altern, encourag, better, compani, find, industri, sourc • "Because it's the sensible thing to do--providing we replace it as quickly as possible with cleaner forms of energy such as solar, wind and HEMP. If fossil fuels are more costly than clean fuels, this" • "This money could be used to invest in renuable, green energy,thus eventually steering away from fossil fuels." • "We need to phase out fossil fuels and research more clean and sustainable energy sources." • "Cost will certainly influence usage as well as encourage the development of greener energy alternatives" • "Companies have made simple profits and developed too casual a regard for something that is very important."

2: peopl, think, less, drive, get, someth, option, also, make, car • "We are at a critical point in time where if something drastic isn't done immediately there won't be anyone left in ten years. So doing whatever we can to try and delay if not prevent this end is extre" • "Because I haven't driven a vehicle since 2008. I walk or bike everywhere I need to go and I wish more people would think before hoping in a car to drive everywhere." • "Because it would become more expensive making it less accessible, which would hopefully lessen carbon emissions. Climate change is a huge problem and we need to start making big changes to help our fu" • "Hopefully the increase in prices will give people the chance to take a double-take or think or a second option. Like eletrical, geothermal,tidal, wind, solar,etc..." • "It will lessen the environmental damage possibly. Maybe get some people to buy electric cars."

4: govern, money, canada, grab, countri, world, heat, problem, economi, one • "Unless the entire world gets on board it will have little effect. It?s a money grab for the government." • "I do not trust that the government will spend the money wisely." • "Canada has a population base smaller than two of the world's largest cities. We also have the largest land mass of any country in the world. So what possible effect will our pathetic contribution do t" • "CO2 has damn near Fuck all to do the bullshit that is called man made global warming. PERIOD" • "Till such time as some of the large countries get behind some of the programs their will be no progress from a country like Canada"

6: pay, alreadi, anoth, live, afford, much, still, everyth, make, hurt • "because we are already overtaxed and can not afford it for low income like me who barely can afford to eat" • "we already pay way to much tax on almost everything we purchase and off of our income." • "Expensive for Canadians on their everyday lives" • "some provinces pay more, while some provinces pay none" • "As a senior Canadian citizen,I live far below the poverty level, and while I can afford to pay attention, I most certainly can not afford anything else."

10: money, public, car, consum, electr, way, take, transport, increa, larg • "En dehors des grandes villes, la population a besoin d'une voiture pour se déplacer et les distances à parcourir sont très grandes en région. L'augmentation du fardeau financier attribuable au pétrol" • "il y a deja assez de taxes partout, faut arreter de refiler la factures au contribuables. reequilibrer les budgets a la place" • "Parce que ça ne règlera malheureusement pas le problème. Et c'est une autre raison pour que le gouvernement se mette des sous dans les poches. Beaucoup d'autres actions doivent être entreprises..." • "Nous sommes obligés de nous déplacer et d'utiliser l'essence. Nous serons pris en otage. Il faut plutôt privilégier des crédits d'impôt pour l'achat de véhicules électriques et l'installation de borne" • "les gens qui utilisent ses combustion vont continuer et coupé ailleur dans leur budget"

9: chang, climat, environ, help, pollut, way, effect, believ, caus, support • "carbon contributes to climate change! Climate change will cause great hardship for our planet in general and Canada in particular.Now is the time to address the serious implications of climate change." • "I support any initiatives that help with climate change and global warming." • "It can fund environnement protection program and fight climate change." • "In general the population, although they may support the idea of climate change, do little to combat this. Hitting them in the pocket may make them more responsible." • "C'est un des seul moyen d'assurer une contribution de tous."

3: use, need, money, like, product, stop, wast, corpor, buy, fund • "It's just like alcohol or tobacco. Users need to fund remedies more than non users." • "I believe it will reduce waste of it, however, the money collected in taxes is being incorrectly spent. As an example, Edmonton is building LRT with the funds, but the line they are building is not t" • "Makes sense IF it’s used properly... likely we be absorbed by some other uses" • "It is to deter the use though this won't really aid that. It is a current need no matter the price. We need to be spending money on green solutions and power so that we no longer need fossil fuels." • "Because like smoking, taxing something till it’s no longer worth using may inspire others to use better options such as electric vehicles..."

1: mak, enough, pay, know, thing, sure, realli, differ, agr, reason • "I don’ Know enough ..I don’t watch news or read paper.Only sad news now" • "Je ne suis pas assez au courant pour me prononcer et je ne suis pas certaine que cela sera bien géré" • "Je n'ai pas assez d'informations pour me prononcer." • "Je n'ai pas beaucoup entendu parler, donc mon opinion est neutre pour l'instant. Je devrais m'informer un peu plus Sur La question." • "I’m not informed enough to make a choice other than what I have stated"

7: carbon, reduc, emiss, price, cost, put, work, increa, vehicl, rai • "Because it doesn't work. Other jurisdictions that have implemented carbon pricing have not seen a reduction in carbon emissions." • "We have to get away from fossil fuels especially coal. I worked at a city with 3 coal fired coal plants. They had the highest per capita asthma in the province. I worked there for 11 years and recen" • "Putting a price on carbon emission is counterproductive and does not achieve the desired results." • "When carbon emissions reduce . plants and fibres will increase and food supply Will also increase" • "It does nothing to reduce carbon emissions, we must reduce carbon emissions"

6: tax, alreadi, need, much, still, canadian, everyth, even, stop, incom • "Cela appauvri, pénalise encore plus les contribuable de la classe moyenne qui payes deja trop cher de taxes." • "too much taxes already, taxes on taxes" • "Ne mène a rien sauf toujours appauvrir la classe moyenne." • "we already pay way to much tax on almost everything we purchase and off of our income." • "Il faut arrêter de taxer tout au non de la planète"

2: use, fuel, fossil, help, energi, altern, less, need, climat, encourag • "We need to phase out fossil fuels and research more clean and sustainable energy sources." • "Because we have to break our dependency on fossil fuels and develop more renewal options like wind and solar power" • "The damage to our climate must be addressed but we need big investment in renewables light wind and solar and automobiles need to convert to electric power and off fossil fuels. All this could be don" • "Because we need to find alternatives to fossil fuels. The less expensive fossil fuels are, the less is the incentive to develop alternatives." • "Makes users more conscious of amount used. Proceeds should be used for clean energy research or initiatives"

3: peopl, work, good, someth, must, incent, earth, futur, tri, import • "Gives people incentive to be more conscientious about their life choices when it comes to emitting greenhouse gases." • "il faut que, ceux qui produise des GES soient pénalisés pour qu'ils trouvent des solutions pour que les GES diminuent rapidement avec qu'il soit trop tard." • "Il faut diminuer les GES pour améliorer l'état de la planète. Si on ne s'en occupe pas maintenant, ce sont les générations futures qui en payerons grandement le prix." • "Tous les gestes incitant les gens à modifier leurs habitudes qui nuisent à l'environnement sont importants. Il faut cesser d'ignorer les problèmes et tenter de nouvelles solutions." • "Like the plastic bag bag in California, I believe it would push people to be more environmentally conscious. People would need to change their habits to help the environment."

1: money, govern, canada, grab, problem, wast, like, spend, differ, pocket • "Its another government money grab. Canada as a nation is not the problem" • "Canada is carbon neutral. There are many, many reports which are being muzzled by our media and government from qualified scientists who point out the fallacy of our government's claims on "climate ch" • "It’s a money grab for the federal government." • "I don't believe that the present government will use the taxes appropriately. Trudeau will probably use it to rent another rubber duck or something equally stupid" • "It's a tax grab...government always think they can fix a problem with a tax...fix a non existant problem"

7: climat, countri, world, noth, anyth, one, heat, oil, produc, financ • "This tax will cost a burden on the one resource that could make this country a real contender in the oil world market and seriously undermined the financial support that oil gives to various aspects o" • "CO2 has damn near Fuck all to do the bullshit that is called man made global warming. PERIOD" • "It is a tax that will not accomplish what it sets out to do,and it is mostly philosophically motivated, and it is an unfair attack on alberta" • "Let the free market dictate what kind of fuel people will use. Not man made solutions." • " Because Canada contributes virtually nothing to the global carbon footprint, and because climate change is a natural phenomenon seen for the history of the plant with virtually no impact by human act"

9: pay, anoth, cost, live, price, afford, make, thing, drive, high • "Standard of living is already so high where i live. Everything from food to household items have gone up but wages have not gone up as much as those items. How can I keep up if prices of so much bas" • "because as someone who is low income it makes it harder to survive and my pay does not keep up with inflation" • "the average person is already paying thru e-testing other taxes,recycling, composting etc. The large corperations and airlines, trucking, buses, manufactuers, should be paying alot more than they do." • "Taxes means a lot for ordinary working class person or family for it will only do chain reaction to all commodities to go up in prices in the near future, and low income people suffer a lot." • "I live is Saskatchewan and it would hit us the hardest because of where we live"

4: environ, think, increa, car, consum, electr, transport, public, vehicl, take • "Instead of a carbon tax, I would prefer that the government create incentives for the public to purchase Electric vehicles, and build new eco-friendly public transportation systems, along with creatin" • "Si le prix de l'essence augmente considérablement, les gens seront, espérons, davantage portés à réfléchir à leurs déplacements. Ils favoriseront le transport en commun ou le covoiturage pour diminuer" • "Until there is a healthier, cleaner solution, I don’t think a large tax should be levied. Instead, promote public transit or carpooling until a more eco-friendly solution is found" • "We know these items are harmful to the environment and people have a choice whether to use these items or not and since they are CHOOSING to use these items regardless of environmental concerns, they" • "It is a massive inconvenience for us to have to car pool or take transit constantly, which I’m sure is what the goal is of increasing the cost of gasoline."

8: support, caus, industri, gener, solut, planet, also, busi, hope, like • "My bank account is not more important then the survival of the planet... im not that special neither is anyone else." • "Climate change has happened tens of thousands of years ago... and tens of thousands before that. There is strong evidence supporting this pattern of heating and cooling over the past 100000s years. So" • "D'accord avec ce principe similaire à pollueur-payeur, mais il ne faut pas qu'une entreprise riche s'exonère de faire des efforts en faisant des chèques! Il y a d'autres solutions plus simples mais qu" • "On one hand i hate paying more for gas, but i have neices and nephews that will be using this planet after i leave .they will have chilfrenx and i would like to leave the place as i found it." • "Hitting people and corporations in their wallet is more likely to cause change. I feel like the tax should be focused more on industrial facilities until there is more access to alternative vehicle op"

11: chang, mak, compani, consumpt, believ, individu, respon, creat, cut, well • "Parce qu'il faut agir et rendre les entreprises et les gens responsables" • "Malheureusement , si on veut des changements , tout passe par des taxes" • "les gens vont cesser de polluer inutilement" • "Beaucoup de gaspillage. Gros véhicules acquis inutilement, ne répondant aux besoins réels de ceux qui en achetent." • "Je crois que cela incite de façon positive a ce que les grandes entreprises, prennent leur responsabilité sociale"

10: way, enough, get, know, better, sure, realli, mak, issu, reason • "Mostly because both sides make points and both sides logic has flaws too. There is no clear direction right answer that I can see." • "I don’ Know enough ..I don’t watch news or read paper.Only sad news now" • "Je ne connais pas assez la question pour avoir une idée et des arguments solides pour en discuter." • "It sounds like a fair idea, but I don't have enough information to really say." • "I am not sure because I am not educated on the topic enough to give a reasonable answer"

5: carbon, reduc, emiss, pollut, put, effect, big, global, warm, price • "Putting a price on carbon emission is counterproductive and does not achieve the desired results." • "There is no evidence that a carbon tax reduces carbon emissions. In fact BCs has a carbon tax and their emissions went up. If Canada eliminated our carbon emissions it would have less than a 1% on t" • "Because it doesn't work. Other jurisdictions that have implemented carbon pricing have not seen a reduction in carbon emissions." • "Carbon emissions have little or no effect on the overall global climate which is cyclical and is more affected by solar and geo-tectonic factors. Industrial pollution affects the environment far more" • "Based on my fairly extensive reading on the subject, carbon pricing represents the surest way to put pressure on polluters to reduce their carbon emissions. I think that most economists and environmen"

11: tax, way, noth, wast, differ, actual, without, sen, rai, taxat • "Canada?s laws prevent wholesale destruction to the climate. There are already more than enough taxes on fossil fuels, necular and hydro energy. Any more are nothing more than a tax grab by a greedy li" • "Justin Trudeau - Justin in 2014 - Justout in 2019" • "Putting a tax on fossil fuels will do ABSOLUTELY nothing to change our environment or weather. It is purely a GOVERNMENT TAX. At the same time it will HURT the economy." • "I oppose the carbon tax because it will have no effect. However the taxes raised will be used for other purposes and the government needs the tax money. It doesn't matter what name you call a tax be i" • "too much taxes already, taxes on taxes"

7: use, fuel, fossil, mak, altern, less, believ, amount, global, warm • "it’s levies a few on the production, distribution or use of fossil fuels based on how much carbon is used" • "Shift away from fossil fuels. The problem is that the alternatives are not inexpensive enough to make the shift." • "Because there is no “climate change” because this planet has always shifted its climate. The North Pole used to be a tropical rainforest, it’s his planet apparently had two ice ages, glaciers always h" • "Phasing out the use of fossil fuels is essential to save the human race from extinction. Making fossil fuels more expensive will encourage people to find alternatives and/or use less." • "It would maybe make people reconsider the amount of fossil fuels they use"

8: peopl, cost, get, compani, work, consum, stop, industri, mean, high • "Taxes means a lot for ordinary working class person or family for it will only do chain reaction to all commodities to go up in prices in the near future, and low income people suffer a lot." • "It will put more financial strain on families and companies which will ultimately cause higher pricing on goods and services and taxes which will again impact on the financial secure of families who a" • "Our first world country has so much poverty as is. Now you tax people to fuel costs to get to their already low paying jobs. We barely get by as is. We’d have to start walking - in a big town - that’s" • "full cost accounting for the cost of goods/resources we consume. Consumers should pay for the full cost" • " BWcause low income get some money back yet hard working people get nothing which means again the rich pay for the poor people choices."

1: money, know, live, afford, drive, anyth, heat, everyth, affect, extra • "Because everything else goes up and how are people to afford anything for example I make $1385.00 a month on Disability Rent $900.00 Cell phone $120.00 Cable/internet $80.00 Bus pass $25.00 I only h" • "I oppose punishing citizens who have few choices of what we can buy, or how we hear our homes" • "C'est à cause de la première ministre de l'Alberta si ont est pogné avec une taxe tellement inutile ! L'argwnt va aller droit dans leur poche cest tout ! La politique est corrompu de A à Z," • "As a senior Canadian citizen,I live far below the poverty level, and while I can afford to pay attention, I most certainly can not afford anything else." • "Well for example we have had to live and sleep in our living room infront of our fire and close off the rest of the house because we are unable to afford the extra 300 bucks put on our propane bill. W"

5: govern, anoth, put, much, still, littl, spend, issu, averag, feel • "Every policy comes with pros and cons. Sometimes what we deicde to be the most appropriate policy can turn out to be the opposite; sometimes what we think is the right thing can turn out to be less be" • "Because I do not believe the government will turn around and spend it on what it was collected for and instead spend it foolishly" • "Je n'ai pas beaucoup entendu parler, donc mon opinion est neutre pour l'instant. Je devrais m'informer un peu plus Sur La question." • "I doubt it will actually change consumption. It's just another excuse for government to take our cash and waste it on nonsense they promise to get elected - yet not spend it on the things they are pro" • "It is less that I oppose the imposition of the tax but more that I DO NOT TRUST governments that collect said tax to spend on mitigating the effects for which the tax would be collected."

9: chang, climat, increa, sure, good, someth, realli, transport, public, solut • "we really have no choice, climate change is real and we need to do SOMETHING to change people's behaviours. It will not be comfortable but it's really the very least we can do." • "Climate change is and will happen as it always has, and spending millions or billions of dollars will not change the process. Tax dollars will benefit an elite group but not change the climate." • "Climate change is caused by the increase in concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere" • "It won't change anything, all it will do is make it difficult for people to survive. Groceries will increase and public transportation (buses, and even just walking) is complete garbage in most of Can" • "carbon contributes to climate change! Climate change will cause great hardship for our planet in general and Canada in particular.Now is the time to address the serious implications of climate change."

12: pay, need, alreadi, make, thing, even, continu, benefit, suppo, proper • "Need gas to travel. Already paying a premium for fuel." • "It is already taxed. In 20 years the price of gasoline has doubled already!" • "We pay too much for everything else" • "We already pay enough in taxes and who is to say the money will be spent to help the issue." • "We pay enough in taxes already"

2: price, think, like, find, must, take, vehicl, forc, want, earth • "Nous sommes obligés de nous déplacer et d'utiliser l'essence. Nous serons pris en otage. Il faut plutôt privilégier des crédits d'impôt pour l'achat de véhicules électriques et l'installation de borne" • "Nous devrions plus penser a un combustibles qui es renouvelable et qui ne pollue plus regarder les tesla par exemple !?" • "Je crois que ça va sensibiliser la population et obliger les compagnies a se responsabiliser." • "Unfortunately everyone needs fuel for their vehicles so no matter what everyone will pay the prices whether there is a fee or a tax. In the end it would benifit and aid to help reduce carbon emissions" • "As thinking people we MUST do things to avoid climate change! We have to think beyond the present and even beyond our own lifetimes or our children's lifetimes to the total well being of the planet! W"

4: environ, help, energi, support, encourag, way, better, sourc, protect, may • "I think it's important that resources are set aside to research and develop renewable energy sources so that the reliance on fossil fuels and its impacts to the environment are lessened for future gen" • "It could be a positive way to encourage people to use more environmentally sources. However this also has cons in the way that it's not always accurate in calculating the usage, which can harm our eco" • "Because relatively speaking these things are still inexpensive, and we need motivation to move towards 'greener' resources, and a way to fund research towards these." • " Will reduce consumption somewhat and if governments utilize these funds to assist in development of sustainable, eco friendly energy, transition to a non-carbon society and improved environment will" • "I have grandchildren and I worry about the mess we will be leaving for their generation if we don't start working on the climate ASAP."

3: enough, pollut, car, electr, option, larg, instead, etc, transit, understand • "I do not have enough information on the subject to form a valid opinion." • "I don't have enough information or knowledge about this topic." • "Je ne suis pas assez au courant pour me prononcer et je ne suis pas certaine que cela sera bien géré" • "I am not well informed enough to have an opinion. I need to do further research." • "Préfère ne pas répondre, merci."

6: carbon, emiss, canada, grab, countri, world, one, oil, canadian, economi • "Canada has some of the lowest carbon emissions in the world. Time to go after the worst offenders -China for one." • "Canada has one of the lowest carbon footprints in the world due to our vast forests and emission cutting technology." • "Canada emits 3% of the worlds carbon. Estevan is using a carbon capture system that has proved it works. More money should be invested in carbon capture and implemented in all coal fired power plants" • "Because Canada is already one of the top countries in the world when it comes to emissions. there was not need for further cutbacks until the rest of the world catches up to Canada" • "The carbon pricing policies have zero impact on emissions because it is a redistribution of wealth for political gain. Carbon pricing in Canada has minimal impact on world emissions of carbon. The gov"

10: reduc, effect, problem, consumpt, big, produc, incent, back, tri, caus • "Carbon emissions must be reduced drastically and as soon as possible. Any measure that accomplishes this necessary goal is a step in the right direction." • "c'est un incitatif pour les compagnies à diminuer leur consommation, ou à chercher à créer de nouvelles habitudes." • "Reducing is not possible in big picture. Should be working on ways to cope with climate change not prevent it. Our climate has changed significantly over past centuries. With or without human input. 2" • "It gives incentive to reduce our consumption" • "The way it?s set up, taking it away then giving it back is no incentive to reduce usage. The solutions rest in innovative technology not a tax. The tax is a money grab because of the GST collected as"