“Trudeau defended the decision to only exempt heating oil on Tuesday, arguing that it is more expensive than gas and propane and is generally used by low-income Canadians”
While it would make sense to target the fuel type regarding the first comment, the latter portion would make more sense if it targeted the people.
If this whole thing was about poor people not being able to turn on the heat when they’re cold then I don’t see why they’re just targeting a certain fuel type.
This interview is even more baffling since he says the heating oil emission is substantially worse and it’s about ending the use of heating oil. You’d think they’re increase the tax rebates for heating system changeover instead of this.
The carbon tax is already a wealth transfer, in general poorer households are getting more back in the end, I wonder if in the case of heating oil it really was a case of most who could afford to change their heat source already had.
All the carbon tax is supposed to do is create a disincentive for carbon emitting things by making them more expensive, but since heating oil is already so much more expensive, the additional inventive really isn’t needed (while for natural gas it is needed still to tip the scales in favor of heat pumps)
I read the article yesterday, so I may be misremembering, but I thought I read that this exception for heating oil was in addition to nearly completely covering the costs of a heat pump system .
I agree that’s probably the real reason behind the pause and I’m not even mad about them trying to gain some votes since they’re going to need it the next election.
My problem is how poorly crafted the lie is. There’s 158 MP’s making 200k not including the additional staff they have access to and they end up making a ass out of themselves after being asked a few questions that’s a ridiculous level of incompetence.
“Trudeau defended the decision to only exempt heating oil on Tuesday, arguing that it is more expensive than gas and propane and is generally used by low-income Canadians”
While it would make sense to target the fuel type regarding the first comment, the latter portion would make more sense if it targeted the people.
If this whole thing was about poor people not being able to turn on the heat when they’re cold then I don’t see why they’re just targeting a certain fuel type.
This interview is even more baffling since he says the heating oil emission is substantially worse and it’s about ending the use of heating oil. You’d think they’re increase the tax rebates for heating system changeover instead of this.
The carbon tax is already a wealth transfer, in general poorer households are getting more back in the end, I wonder if in the case of heating oil it really was a case of most who could afford to change their heat source already had.
All the carbon tax is supposed to do is create a disincentive for carbon emitting things by making them more expensive, but since heating oil is already so much more expensive, the additional inventive really isn’t needed (while for natural gas it is needed still to tip the scales in favor of heat pumps)
I read the article yesterday, so I may be misremembering, but I thought I read that this exception for heating oil was in addition to nearly completely covering the costs of a heat pump system .
It’s because heating oil is widely used in the Maritimes, and guess where a lot of Liberal seats are.
I agree that’s probably the real reason behind the pause and I’m not even mad about them trying to gain some votes since they’re going to need it the next election.
My problem is how poorly crafted the lie is. There’s 158 MP’s making 200k not including the additional staff they have access to and they end up making a ass out of themselves after being asked a few questions that’s a ridiculous level of incompetence.