Why not call off carbon-tax boondoggle?

And with a provincial election around the corner, Campbell didn't want a political war with municipalities and school boards who were certain to blame him for service cuts and tax hikes in their communities.

So he's buying them off -- and I say good on 'em. They didn't deserve to be punished with a harebrained carbon tax that doesn't even start to address questions of fairness.

But what about the rest of us, premier? What about the truck drivers and the commuters and the farmers and the shippers who have no choice but to incinerate those evil fossil fuels to earn a living? What about northern residents who have no choice but to heat their homes? What about our lifeblood forest companies that were on their knees even before you whacked them with a carbon tax? Just wait. I doubt this is the last carbon-tax bailout we'll see from Campbell.

But instead of cutting more side deals with special-interest groups, a better course of action would be to admit the carbon tax was a mistake -- and scrap the whole thing.