There's several aspects to this new tax that infuriates a lot of taxpayers and voters, one big one being this was not even brought up for debate during their election campaign., both NDP and the Liberals.    Now we are stuck with another new tax, welcome to Canada those of you new to this frozen land.   I was on a Townhall discussion about this "wealth redistribution tax" (I'm calling it what it truly is) and the deputy premier had a blanket answer to just about every question or concern callers had.  Mine was about how the government was going to cover the rebates that 2/3's of Albertans were getting and it was clear at that point what an NDP mandate looks like.  Prosperity in an NDP platform means taxes.  Irregardless of this economy being in the dumper, those of us still employed are paying out more.  Not looking for sympathy, I'm looking for justification.  This new tax will do nothing at all to help the environment or curb climate change.