By Cheryl Jahn

Taxpayers Federation calls foul on carbon tax

Oct 31, 2023 | 2:46 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – He blinked. That’s how the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is describing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s stance on the carbon tax as it pertains to Atlantic Canada, when he scraped the carbon tax on furnace oil.

“This is the rub. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has an awful lot of seats in Atlantic Canada, and his polling numbers were doing a nosedive in Atlantic Canada,” says Kris Sims with the Taxpayers Federation. “So this is when he made his big mistake. He came out and said all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.”

So Atlantic Canadians save about three hundred dollars this winter and for the next three years heating their homes, while British Columbians will pay an average of 280 dollars per year and Northern climes get a double whammy.

“In places like Prince George, where you folks rely on trucks and trains for everything. You are the transportation corridor up there. That’s why you guys are getting nailed. But right now, the second carbon tax does not apply to home heating fuel. But let’s not give them ideas.”

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And what this shows, according to the Taxpayers Federation, are two things. The carbon tax is costly on Canadians and it is based, not on science, but on political science. And there’s another message.

“I don’t understand why one section of the country is set apart from the rest. For him to say and you can use this if you want, for him to say this is a temporary suspension for the next three years. He might as well have just smiled and said until after the next election. This is naked vote buying and he should know better. But he stepped in it now and he’s going to have to cancel it for everybody’s home heating or otherwise. He’s just going to keep on taking it.”

And she has advice for everyone else in the country.

“Make sure to email your MP! If you’re in the Lower Mainland. If you’re on southern Vancouver Island, get your friends and family seriously to do this now because they’re meeting for caucus tomorrow morning and that’s when those messages really pack a punch. And if we all push at the same time, there’s a good chance that they’re going to blink again and they’re going to save all of us about 300 bucks this winter.”

She says when the leaders of opposing parties in three Western Canadian provinces agree speaks volumes.