Carbon Tax Persuasive Speech

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Thank you, Madam speaker, A study on the government of Canada website showed that Canada used 722 megatons of carbon dioxide in 2015 which is equivalent to 1.5 quadrillion pounds of Carbon created by a small number of 37 million people. The amount of carbon Egypt used in that year was only 440,000 pounds and they have 62 million more people in their country. We use carbon for our personal and industrial use and the result is the destruction of our environment. A carbon tax is a fee on the amount of fossil fuels emitted in tons. The Liberal Party believes that change starts from somewhere and there is no exception when it comes to improving the environment. Enforcing a federal carbon tax is necessary, reasons being: health benefits, raises revenue, and because its economically efficient. Now let me expand on how a carbon tax will come with health benefits. A 2015 study from the NGO, Berkeley Earth estimated that 1.6 million people in China die each year from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ischaemic heart disease, lung cancer, and stroke because of the dangerously polluted …show more content…

Once this happens, solar energy, wind, Biomass , hydro, and geothermal energy will slowly start to be incorporated into everyday power and energy sources. Everything will become more high tech and advanced. There would be more stable prices and more reliability on the power source since it is renewable. We will never run out of these power sources. Carbon is a non-renewable energy source and there will be an end to it, which is why switching to a reusable energy source would save us the carbon we might need in the future. When this happens, Canada will be the first country to be running on renewable energy sources and will be an example to the rest of the

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