Is it wrong to want a competitive economy?  If the carbon tax costs Canada jobs, then it could result in fewer services and more taxes.  Canada can't afford to lead by example all the time - we all know that cutting 5% of 1.5% of global GHG emissions is a token effort and won't make a lick of difference, except to our economic outlook.  And 'green jobs?' Business leaders are not as dumb as our prime minister.  They will produce clean tech where taxes and business costs are lower, and then sell to Canada.