BUT saying "we can do more" in no way means we should do it all or do nothing. I'm sure you agree with that, but this type of statement has the feel of "the carbon tax is pointless, let's not do it"

There is always more that can be done, but the effects of the carbon tax go well beyond it being a “tax on life”.

Take for example Algoma Steel in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. They’ve been undergoing a major transformation from using constantly-burning coal to an Electric Arc Furnace — and they specifically call out carbon tax savings as one of the projects drivers.

That’s but one story of industry putting the investments into greener technologies to save from having to pay the carbon levy. I wish the media spent more time talking about such projects, because the levy is working.

You know what I love most about the levy? It’s effectively optional. I can’t opt out of making an income (not being born rich and not wanting to live under a vow of poverty), but I can opt out of generating carbon. We’ve been having the carbon discussion for 30 years now (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change came out in 1992!), and at least some of us were paying attention and made a plan to decarbonize our lifestyles during the last three decades. And for everyone who has, the Carbon Levy might as well not really exist. If you don’t burn, you don’t pay. Simple as that.

Agreed.

The carbon tax is just a tax on life if we dont provide less carbon intensive options for people to use.

Again, I agree. I have few positive things to say about our current federal government, but they have introduced incentives that would move people off carbon intensive heating options. From what I've read, even the ridiculous heating oil carve out for maritime voters came with a generous and well designed package of incentives to get off heating oil.

There's no question that we should be doing more, but doing less is a ridiculous suggestion.