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First, according to Wikipedia, a black swan event is a high-impact event that is difficult to predict under normal circumstances but in retrospect appears to have been inevitable, or an event that comes as a surprise, has a major impact, and is often rationalized with the benefit of hindsight as having been unavoidable.
Now, to the British Columbia (BC) carbon tax, and its history and BC politics. The BC Liberals, a centre-right party that was in power in BC from 2001 to 2017, introduced North America’s first carbon tax in 2008. In 2009, we had a provincial election, and the New Democratic Party, NDP, a centre-left party, ran on a slogan “Axe the Tax,” but the Liberals retained power.
After the 2017 election, the Liberals dropped to 43 sears and the NDP had 41, but with the Green Party of BC, or …