The Green Shaft: What if politicians highjacked your corporate identity?
Worse than highjacking… but actually naming a new tax after you! That’s right… it could have been the new “Mitel Tax” or “Entrust Tax” or “iotum Tax”. In this case, it’s The Green Shift Tax.
Green Shift happens to be a Toronto based consultancy specializing in corporate environmentalism. Their name is trademarked. Recently, the bumbling Liberal Party of Canada appropriated the name for its new proposed tax on carbon footprints. So far the Liberals have ignored cease and desist orders from the company’s lawyers.
What’s really funny is chief bumbler, Stephane Dion’s response to the mess - stating that sharing its name with a wonderful new tax shouldn’t hurt the company. Dion has also claimed that Canadians would be more than happy to have a new tax!
BTW - Happy Independence day to our American readers. You can celebrate the fact that the Liberal Party doesn’t have a US branch!
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After reading Green shift’s website, they would probably have a better impact on the environment than the liberals would.