Tories use shifty words to deride Liberals in advance of carbon-tax plan

Dion is to announce details of the plan Thursday, hoping Canadians will buy into the notion that shifting much of the federal tax burden onto carbon fuels will help cut greenhouse-gas emissions. But Conservative MP Jason Kenney says if the Liberals get their way, Canadians will be "shift out of luck."

Kenney told the Commons today a slogan taxpayers might adopt for the carbon tax that's included in the plan could be "shift happens."

Kenney says that's also the Liberal message to the 2,000 Air Canada employees who will soon lose their jobs.

The air carrier announced the cuts this week as it struggles with high fuel prices.

Kenney says the same message could be sent to auto workers at General Motors who are losing their jobs.

GM has announced it'll close its large truck plant in Oshawa, Ont., along with three other plants in the United States and Mexico.

The company also blames a lack of consumer appetite for big trucks due to skyrocketing gasoline prices.