REGINA – The Saskatchewan government says its natural gas utility is to stop collecting the carbon levy as of Monday from residential customers. The move comes after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exempted those who use home heating oil from paying the levy, mostly benefiting residents in Atlantic Canada. Saskatchewan asked for the exemption to cover all other forms of heating, but Ottawa denied the request. In response, the province said it would stop collecting the charge at the start of 2024. Dustin Duncan, now the minister responsible for SaskEnergy, speaks at the Legislative Building in Regina, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. […]
Trudeau’s exempting heating oil was such a stupid move, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a back-door way to sabotage the carbon tax. I mean, anyone who took introductory PoliSci courses could have told you this would be the end result.
As a side note, it’s funny watching Conservatives fume about the carbon tax, when it was their idea in the first place. They wanted market-based solutions like a carbon tax and/or cap-and-trade; the real left-wing solution, as opposed to the neoliberal bullshit we have now, would have been straight-up regulation.