“I think you're never going to get somewhere ambitious if you don't start out with great ambitions. What I would say is: we got a start. That to me is a very significant thing. Here we were, a historic meeting to talk about climate change.” IfsThinkingAmbitionMeetingsClimateClimate ChangeSignificantAmbitiousHistoricGreat AmbitionSignificant Things Author:Christy Clark
“I hope that people will be held accountable, even if accountability just means naming it and letting the citizens of the country know where you're at. I think that has a huge impact on the way people think.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayMeanCountryHugeCitizensImpactAccountability Author:Christy Clark
“hy is it you can impose a new tax and keep your economy growing? Only if you cut other taxes by exactly the same amount. The problem with carbon taxes around the world has been you dump a new tax onto the economy and it's just adding more tax.” IfsWorldHas BeensProblemEconomyCuttingGrowingAmountTaxesAround The WorldCarbonDumpCarbon Tax Author:Christy Clark
“We know taxes slow down economic growth, so if you add a carbon tax you have to also minus other taxes. You can't take more money out of people's pockets. I don't think you can build a consensus in this country about environmental policy if you're going to make people poor.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsCountryGrowthPoorEconomicPolicyTaxesAddEnvironmentalPocketsMore MoneyCarbonSlow DownConsensusEconomic GrowthMinusEnvironmental PolicyCarbon Tax Author:Christy Clark
“One of the things I do know about investment from around the world and job creators: they won't come to British Columbia if our attitude is well, "no," or all of our processes are just going to be a way of making sure you can't get to "yes." They'll just go somewhere else. Those jobs will be somewhere else.” IfsKnowsWorldWayWellsJobsProcessAttitudeInvestmentCreatorBritishAround The WorldSomewhere ElseColumbiaBritish ColumbiaJob Creators Author:Christy Clark
