Christian Democrats wrote:I fear that the term "commercial influence" could be construed in an overbroad manner. For example, a national government could prohibit the campaign advertisements of an environmental group -- e.g., tell your legislators to vote in favor of the carbon tax bill -- on the theory that such advertisements would have an undue and negative influence on national commerce.
Surely the economic impact of a carbon tax would be governmental influence on commerce, whereas the proposal text allows action to limit commercial influence on government. There may be a clearer way to say what I have in mind, however. I'll give it some thought.