Still a month away from April Fools Day.
On the latest Enbridge gas bill you can see how we are paying more for fees now than for the actual gas. One example of a recent gas bill shows a $22.88 customer charge, $28.74 delivery charge, $12.33 for transportation to Enbridge, $4.25 cost adjustment, a “federal carbon charge” of $32.21, and don’t forget $17.03 for HST.
The actual gas supply portion of the bill was $30.57, which means out of a $148.01 bill, almost $118 of it is for fees and taxes.
For those that point out that the carbon tax(s) are only $X/litre of gasoline are missing out on so much the picture…& Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax — increasing by 23% on April 1…well, is it helping with affordability of just living day to day?
“Canada’s own emissions (1.5% of the global total) are not large enough to materially impact climate change. Consequently, Canada’s primary means of limiting the economic costs of climate change are through participation in a globally coordinated emissions reduction regime.”
Trudeau’s carbon tax will increase to $80 per tonne of emissions on April 1, up from $65 per tonne, on its way to $170 per tonne in 2030. The cost of natural gas, widely used for home heating in Canada, will increase by 15.25 cents per cubic metre, up from 12.39 cents per cubic metre, on its way to 32.4 cents per cubic metre in 2030. “
How Dare We Heat Our Homes In Canada, In the Winter!
The futility of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax — increasing by 23% on April 1 — was demonstrated yet again on Friday when the International Energy Agency announced global industrial greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high in 2023. Emissions rose to 37.2 billion tonnes last...
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To reverse plummeting support for the carbon tax, the Liberal/NDP feds changed the name of their rebates from the Climate Action Incentive Payment to the Canada Carbon Rebate. There is no tax relief, just a new name for the rebates.
It seems the government thinks the rubes just don’t understand how thankful we should be, how good we’ve got it and the infinite wisdom of our wise leaders in Ottawa.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax rebrand faces an insurmountable hurdle: Canadians aren’t stupid. To reverse plummeting support for the carbon tax, the feds changed the name of their rebates from the Climate Action Incentive Payment to the Canada Carbon Rebate. There is no tax relief...
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People in Saskatchewan will no longer get a carbon rebate, he said, because it’s difficult to provide rebates when no money is being collected.
“They will no longer get the rebate,” Wilkinson (Justin Trudeau’s Federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson) said.
Dustin Duncan, the minister responsible for SaskEnergy, said the province decided not to remit (the carbon tax’s just on home heating) out of fairness, pointing to a decision Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made when Ottawa exempted home heating oil from the carbon charge, a move that largely benefits Atlantic Canadians.
Moe (Saskatchewan’s Premier Scott Moe) said while the province’s natural gas utility, SaskEnergy, has stopped remitting the federal charge, residents are
still paying it on gasoline, diesel, propane and all other goods.
People in Saskatchewan will no longer get a carbon rebate, he said, because it’s difficult to provide rebates when
no (?) money is being collected (?) says Justin Trudeau’s Federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.
“If the (federal) government follows through on this threat, they will once again be penalizing Saskatchewan families for wanting to be treated the same as other Canadians,” Moe wrote on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
“If Saskatchewan people stop getting the rebate
entirely, Saskatchewan should stop paying the carbon tax
entirely,” said Moe.
Dustin Duncan, the minister responsible for SaskEnergy, said the provincial government recognizes there may be consequences.
Dustin Duncan told reporters in Ottawa the province decided not to remit out of fairness, pointing to a decision Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made when Ottawa exempted home heating oil from the carbon charge, a move that largely benefits Atlantic Canadians.
“Our view is that if the prime minister thought that a reduction in the carbon tax and a reduction in the rebate for Atlantic Canadians meant that would be a net positive in terms of affordability for those residents, surely the economics should hold true for Saskatchewan.”
Right?
Moe said Atlantic Canadians are still getting rebates even though those who use home heating oil aren’t paying the levies.
Trudeau said Thursday the three-year exemption (for Atlantic Canada) is meant to help (boost his failing polls in Atlantic Canada, &) those who use home-heating oil to upgrade to heat pumps, which pollute less.
“Yes, proportionately there’s a lot in Atlantic Canada, but they’re right across the country (
in tiny-tiny amounts),” he said. “This isn’t a program for one part of the country versus others.”
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