Good points.
Does every dollar in carbon tax go to a cause or program you and I believe in? No, of course not.
Is the only (Cdn.) party that supports a carbon tax the only good party? No, of course not (besides, the Green Party also supports a carbon tax).
I've consulted for our federal government, four provincial governments (our States), and several municipal government besides many private sector (and nonprofit) clients in the US, Canada and abroad, and I can say from experience that the public sector clients "waste" more money than the private sector by far. Or at least, they pay extra to remain highly risk averse (like NASA was before SpaceX) or wish to appear (politically) correct. Nevertheless, that doesn't mean I prefer anarchy! Running a company keeps your stakeholders very limited. Running a government means working for the wants and needs of minorities as well as the majority, so I don't think it's a reasonable comparison to say a government should be run like Tesla.
Back to
@cliff harris ' original point, I think we still have a lot more pulling of many populations towards sustainability than there are populations pushing their governments for greater action (aka cost) towards sustainable policies.
Personally I'd be happy if our governments simply stopped spending taxes incentivizing citizens to buy electric cars (and solar panels, heat pumps, etc.) and instead would
just stop protecting the oil & gas sector from progress! Like, seriously,
Exxon + Shell + Chevron + BP made $159 billion dollars in profit last year?!? Big Oil needs to pay for the damage they're doing to you, me, our families & friends, and future generations across the planet. [/rant]