Despite implementing a carbon tax to incentivize “people and businesses to pollute less,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday that his government would pause applying carbon pricing to home heating oil deliveries for three years in Atlantic Canada. Conservative opposition leader Pierre Poilievre suggests the decision was made as Trudeau sits in “panic mode” as a federal election looms. David Akin reports.
Late Thursday in Ottawa, Trudeau announced a three-year pause on the federal surcharge that applies to home heating oil. Oil is used to heat about one in three homes in Atlantic Canada but few in the rest of Canada use oil. Instead, most homes in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. use natural gas to heat their homes. In Quebec, carbon-free hydroelectricity is the most common power source for home heat.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith all said in the wake of the Thursday announcement that the carbon tax pause should be extended to residents of their provinces, who use natural gas. And while B.C.
“Conservatives are offering our full cooperation to pass an emergency bill to axe the carbon tax on all forms of heat before winter heat bills hit Canadians next month,” Poilievre writes in a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a copy of which was provided Sunday to Global News.Poilievre was minutes away from a political rally in Windsor, N.S. on Thursday when Trudeau made the surprise move to pause the carbon tax on home heating oil.
“Justin Trudeau is in total panic mode,” Poilievre said in St John’s Friday. “Justin Trudeau is not worried about the cost of living. He’s worried about the cost of votes.”Beloved actor Matthew Perry grew up in Canada and is linked to big names in politics