ThinkHQ/Metro News Poll

 

Now officially in place, Alberta’s Carbon Tax remains a deeply disliked policy among voters, according to a February 2017 ThinkHQ/Metro News poll.

 

 

Carbon Tax refunds, designed to cushion the impact of increased levies on most Alberta households, only modestly buffers opposition

 

 

The notion that CLP/Carbon Tax has contributed to federal approvals for new pipeline applications by way of creating “social license” does not resonate with Albertans

 

 

The finding that a new tax is unpopular is hardly earthshattering, however broader analysis suggests a deeper problem for provincial government – a number of their assumptions about the plan are not borne out in public sentiment

 

 

Click the link to view detailed findings and methodology: Metro Poll February 2017 – Carbon Tax Views

 

 

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