This tax is bullshit. This government is bankrupting the province with mismanagement and the olympics. Pretty soon we’ll be paying more for Gas per liter, already $1.48 here in Vancouver, than small European countries that have no fossil fuels.

I find it amazing that a country that is in the top 5 of oil producing countries in the world sees fit to milk its population with taxes on fuel that is ours. And then pretend like their doing it in the name of the Environment. If they wanted me to buy a fuel efficient car…they’d mandate that that all cars have :

Stop Start Feature for stop lights
8-10% savings

Cylinder De-Activation (hemi and honda v-6 have done so)
2-5% savings

7 speed automatic transmissions
10% savings

Diesel PowerTrain
25-30% savings

Hybrid powertrain
20-30% savings

CVT Transmissions
5-10% savings

Direct Injection Engine Technology
10-13% savings

Lower Drag Coefficient on the vehicle
5-15% depending on vehicle

Forcing the Automakers to incorporate these features into ALL vehicles makes more sense than taxing the living hell out of everybody to try and change their habits.

Also why do they raise prices for public transit when they are trying to encourage people to use it more instead of driving their cars ? B.C.’s government needs to be removed before they do any more damage.

Mike Harmon