The carbon price is now off home heating oil — but the cost of oil is still high
The carbon price is now off home heating oil — but the cost of oil is still high
www.winnipegfreepress.com
Home heating oil carbon-price pause now in effect
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You expected the savings to be passed on to he customer? You're adorable.
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For anyone wondering the vote to pause Carbon taxes for home heating was voted down on Monday.
The Liberals and Bloc together had enough votes to win. Quebec has the highest number of homes that use heating oil.
https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/votes/44/1/441?view=party
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You linked Minister Poilievres bill to pause carbon taxes on all home heating (oil, natural gas, etc.), Nays by BQ and LPC and Green, Yeas by CPC and NDP unanimously.
This is separate from the heating oil carbon tax exemption that was announced by the LPC. And it is separate from Pierre's motion last year to exempt heating oil and propane from carbon tax.
https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/votes/44/1/197
While I think it is a misstep for Trudeau to give breaks on carbon tax and instead do something like give extra incentive for people to switch away from oil heaters, this is just the CPC capitalizing on Trudeau's mistake of granting what the Poilievre had asked for a year ago, because their aim ultimately is to fully get rid of the tax.
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Well if it isn't capitalism being capitalism.
Of course it did little to help with affordablity. The corbon tax isn't what has caused the vast majority of the increase in fuel prices over the last couple years.
The sooner people realize that Canadian carbon tax isn't causing global fuel prices to increase the sooner we can move on to solving actual problems we're all facing.