{"id":25175,"date":"2023-12-31T21:44:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T21:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=25175"},"modified":"2024-01-01T01:43:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T01:43:49","slug":"punch-counterpunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=25175","title":{"rendered":"punch\/counterpunch&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Court-Painter2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Court-Painter2024.jpg 555w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Court-Painter2024-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 85vw, 555px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Canadian Press<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Canada&#8217;s heated political conflict over carbon pricing will continue into 2024<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Canada\u2019s price on pol\u00adlu\u00adtion is sup\u00adposed to help bat\u00adtle glob\u00adal warm\u00ading, but as it nears its fifth anniver\u00adsary, noth\u00ading in Cana\u00addi\u00adan pol\u00adi\u00adtics is hot\u00adter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has so successfully convinced Canadians the carbon price is to blame for inflation that he even earned begrudging respect for his &#8220;axe the tax&#8221; campaign from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, Trudeau doesn\u2019t agree with Poilievre\u2019s sentiment and is counterpunching with TAX THE AXE&#8230;surely a game changer!<\/p>\n<cite>ha ha ha&#8230;geesh!<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PP-slogan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25181\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5174506828528074;object-fit:cover;width:1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PP-slogan.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PP-slogan-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PP-slogan-768x506.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/thumbnail_tax-the-axe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/thumbnail_tax-the-axe.jpg 617w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/thumbnail_tax-the-axe-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JT-tax-the-axe-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25184\" style=\"width:1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JT-tax-the-axe-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JT-tax-the-axe-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JT-tax-the-axe-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JT-tax-the-axe.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Court-Painter-Tax-the-Axe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25187\" style=\"width:1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Court-Painter-Tax-the-Axe.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Court-Painter-Tax-the-Axe-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Court-Painter-Tax-the-Axe-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s price on pol\u00adlu\u00adtion is sup\u00adposed to help bat\u00adtle glob\u00adal warm\u00ading, but as it nears its fifth anniver\u00adsary, noth\u00ading in Cana\u00addi\u00adan pol\u00adi\u00adtics is hot\u00adter. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has so successfully convinced Canadians the carbon price is to blame for inflation that he even earned begrudging respect for his &#8220;axe the tax&#8221; campaign from Prime &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=25175\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;punch\/counterpunch&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25175"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25200,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25175\/revisions\/25200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}