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Originally Posted by polak
Every province is working on similar carbon tax legislation fyi. The only difference is who they target. With all the bitching about hurting the patch that comes from the anti-ndp crowd, they should be thrilled that they want after the end consumer.
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so instead in a province with rampant unemployment and peoples UI running out we're going to take the opportunity to jack up their cost of living.
Yup, that's awesome.
It doesn't matter much, if you pass the tax onto the patch or onto business, they're going to turn around and dump it onto the consumer anyways.
But reading that article, beyond gas and utilities pricing going up for the average person. transit costs will probably increase, as will the costs of public use facility, probably tuitions will have to rise as well. Food prices that have to be transported will increase, property taxes will increase to off set this, and probably rents will go up, especially for buildings that pay utilities
That tax rebate better be significant for the lower and middle classes, or they're going to see their costs of living jump significantly.