It is necessary to restore the carbon tax, but debate its terms and conditions, support the environmentalist Matthew, an Orphan, Joël Giraud (LREM), rapporteur of the budget, Hugues renson explained (LREM) and Sylvain Waserman (MoDem), vice-presidents of the Assembly, Barbara Pompili (LREM), president of the commission, Jean-Christophe Lagarde, president of the group IDU, Act, and Independent, Christophe Bouillon (PS), Cédric Villani (LREM) and the 78 other members.
A survey tells us that, seven years after its implementation, there were two times more people in favour of the increase of taxation on the energy of unfavorable. This survey has not been done in France but in British Columbia, a province in Canada that has introduced a carbon tax (giving a price to CO2 emissions) since 2008 (“Canadian Public Opinion on Climate Change”, The Environics Institute and David Suzuki Foundation, 2015). How can we explain this overwhelming support to a public policy that, in our country, has crystallized the tensions accumulated …
