The Carbon Tax:

Saskatchewan's Premier Brad Wall seems mystified with what the Prime Minister hopes to accomplish with his carbon tax.

An item in the electronic media this week said Trudeau attempted to explain to Wall that the money collected through the carbon tax may be made revenue-neutral. He said it would be returned to each province and the provincial administrations would then be free to give it back to the people from whom the taxes were extracted in the first place.

Upon hearing that, Wall is reported to have asked Trudeau what's the point in this kind of a political go-around?

Wall is right. There is no point, unless one considers the creation of another big political bureaucracy employing people that need to be rewarded for their party generosity. As usual, you and I would be required to pay their wages through taxation.

Young Trudeau's contempt for Wall's concerns, referring derisively to his constituents as "your farmers" is no surprise. It runs in the family. His father, who also had problems dealing with western Canada, was reported giving westerners the middle finger salute on occasion during the '70s.

Not exactly Prime Ministerial behaviour.

In retaliation, p'd-off westerners took to spelling Trudeau by transposing the second and third letters.

Not exactly politically correct, but playground level arguments involving supposedly honorable members seldom are.