April Fools!! Here's your Carbon Tax F#ckers!!!

[Ron in Regina]

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is asking MPs to compel Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sit down with the premiers to discuss the federal carbon tax at a first ministers' meeting.

Poilievre tabled a motion in the House of Commons that demands Trudeau "convene a carbon tax emergency meeting" with Canada's 13 provincial and territorial leaders to address the "ongoing carbon tax crisis and the financial burden it places on Canadians."

It also asks that Trudeau accept "plans for provinces to opt-out of the federal carbon tax to pursue other responsible ideas to lower emissions" — an ongoing request of some premiers who maintain they can fight climate change in their jurisdictions through measures other than a tax.

Trudeau has so far rebuffed calls to meet with the premiers on the issue.

Jagmeet, this one’s in your hands. Do you stand with the Liberals (?) or with Canadians?
Justin Trudeau didn’t elect Jagmeet Singh, Justin Trudeau won’t re-elect Mr Singh.

Poilievre turns to Parliament to force Trudeau to meet with premiers on the carbon tax — CBC News

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is asking MPs to compel Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sit down with the premiers to discuss the federal carbon tax at a first ministers' meeting.

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Trudeau has so far rebuffed calls to meet with the premiers on the issue.

Last week, in an interview with CBC Radio's The Current, Trudeau said he met with the premiers in 2016 and a pan-Canadian climate change plan was agreed to then. The plan included a price of carbon designed to drive down the country's emissions.

He repeated that line in question period Tuesday, saying the provinces agreed to go ahead with a carbon pricing regime eight years ago.

The Conservatives countered by pointing out that Trudeau is the only leader from that long-ago meeting still in power…at this point.

While the federal government agreed to lift the tax on home heating oil last year to help mostly rural consumers (& mostly in the Maritimes in formerly Liberal vote rich provinces) who rely on this fuel source, Trudeau and federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault have said repeatedly they will not entertain any other exemptions to tax, which is the centrepiece of the Liberal government's climate change policy.

 

[Taxslave2]

Funny, I do not remember agreeing to a Carbon Scam Tax at any time. When Gordon Campbell brought in BC's Carbon Scam Tax to buy votes from the terminally stupid, he at least offset the carbon scam tax with reductions in other taxes, so the effect was a wash. Then we had a dipper government forced on us and not only did the Carbon Scam Tax go up, we got 23+ new and improved taxes to pay as well.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Funny, I do not remember agreeing to a Carbon Scam Tax at any time.

Neither do the Premiers from that time from what I remember.

Brad Wall, who was premier of Saskatchewan in 2016, said in a social media post that he remembers that meeting in March 2016 very well. He said that Trudeau and the premiers agreed not to impose a consumer carbon tax until provinces were consulted.

Later that year, at a meeting of provincial, territorial and federal environment ministers, Wall’s environment minister and premier, Scott Moe, walked out of the meeting in October 2016. So, too, did the Liberal environment ministers of both Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Trudeau’s unilateral decision to bring in the carbon tax while allegedly engaged in consultation with the provinces was also criticized by Alberta’s then-NDP premier Rachel Notley.

Now we have six premiers who have written to Trudeau asking for a meeting, including Andrew Furey the Liberal premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Trudeau falls back on a meeting eight years ago where he acted in bad faith. Trudeau is trying to claim that it’s only conservative premiers and conservative politicians who are pushing back against the carbon tax.

That claim discounts the letter from Furey and a request from a seventh premier, Manitoba’s Wab Kinew, a New Democrat, who has asked that the carbon tax be removed in his province.

LILLEY: Trudeau refuses to meet premiers on carbon tax, they met in 2016

None of the premiers elected now were in office in 2016.

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When Gordon Campbell brought in BC's Carbon Scam Tax to buy votes from the terminally stupid, he at least offset the carbon scam tax with reductions in other taxes, so the effect was a wash. Then we had a dipper government forced on us and not only did the Carbon Scam Tax go up, we got 23+ new and improved taxes to pay as well.

In his 2016 meeting with the premiers, Trudeau made a promise he did not keep, saying he wouldn’t impose a solution. He also told the country before the 2019 election that his government had no intention of raising the tax beyond $50 a tonne, it’s now $80 and climbing.

The federal government’s promised carbon price relief for rural Canadians that was slated to start rolling out next week will most likely be delayed because the legislation enabling the changes hasn’t yet passed the House of Commons…somehow… with the NDP/Liberal non-coalition coalition that’s definitely not a coalition-type coalition effectively creating a majority rule that was never voted for…?

The minority Liberals are responsible for the legislative agenda but on Tuesday shifted the blame for the slow progress on the bill to the Conservatives? The Liberal/NDP & NDP/Liberals vote in lockstep…so what the Hell?? Justin’s minority can do whatever it wants, purchases with early pensions guaranteed for NDP’s & Libs elected in 2019.

Liberal’s rural carbon rebate boost likely delayed — The Globe and Mail

Bill C-59 is languishing in the House of Commons and still needs to go through the Senate

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[Ron in Regina]

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[petros]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1780002929165873359

Compelled speech. Well thats not very dictator like.

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OTTAWA—The federal government is frustrated by difficulties in getting banks to adopt its preferred name for carbon price rebates as the next round of payments starts to land in Canadians’ bank accounts, a senior official told the Star.

The rebates are a key part of the Liberal government’s controversial carbon pricing scheme. They’re meant to offset increased costs of heat, fuel and other goods by returning proceeds of the carbon levy directly to households four times a year, while preserving the incentive to reduce emissions that cause climate change.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Compelled speech. Well thats not very dictator like.

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OTTAWA—The federal government is frustrated by difficulties in getting banks to adopt its preferred name for carbon price rebates as the next round of payments starts to land in Canadians’ bank accounts, a senior official told the Star.

The rebates are a key part of the Liberal government’s controversial carbon pricing scheme. They’re meant to offset increased costs of heat, fuel and other goods by returning proceeds of the carbon levy directly to households four times a year, while preserving the incentive to reduce emissions that cause climate change.

Canadian banks that refuse to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing direct deposits are forcing the government to change the law to make them do it, says Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault.

Guilbeault is taking the stand after Tuesday's federal budget promised to amend the Financial Administration Act so government payments accepted for deposit at Canadian banks will carry whatever title the government wants.

"The fact that they haven't been doing it now for many years led us to take this position," Guilbeault said.

His department has been battling with banks for almost two years over how carbon rebates are labelled when they are deposited directly into bank accounts.

Ottawa to force banks to call carbon rebate a carbon rebate in direct deposits — The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Canadian banks that refuse to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing direct deposits are forcing the government to change the law to make them do it, says Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault.

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[petros]

Canadian banks that refuse to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing direct deposits are forcing the government to change the law to make them do it, says Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault.

Guilbeault is taking the stand after Tuesday's federal budget promised to amend the Financial Administration Act so government payments accepted for deposit at Canadian banks will carry whatever title the government wants.

"The fact that they haven't been doing it now for many years led us to take this position," Guilbeault said.

His department has been battling with banks for almost two years over how carbon rebates are labelled when they are deposited directly into bank accounts.

Ottawa to force banks to call carbon rebate a carbon rebate in direct deposits — The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Canadian banks that refuse to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing direct deposits are forcing the government to change the law to make them do it, says Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault.

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That is wrong on numerous levels. Steve needs a 72 hour psychiatric evaluation and heavy carbon based medication.