Northern B.C. has no love for the carbon tax

It seems the farther you get away from Vancouver, the more hated the carbon tax becomes.
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At the same meeting, Janet Ban-man of the B.C. Grain Producers Association said an average farmer pays $4,300 a year in carbon tax. "A farmer has to grow approximately 15 acres of food crop just for that carbon tax," she pointed out.
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The carbon tax isn't reducing our fuel purchases - Statistics Canada shows provincial gas and diesel sales for vehicles went up more than nine per cent from 2008 to 2011.

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