In this case I assume Alberta still receives the tax dollars, however any income above tax is likely invested outside the province.
I have no problem with this. Alberta contractors are still pricing as if oil was $100 and if they cant price lower than a company 1000s of km away from the target consumer, they deserve to lose out on the bid. Most likely they saw the bid was for the government so they added the +20% add-on discount for government prices.
This of course assumes that Ecofitt has no prior or financial relationship with anyone within government or anyone else associated with government. And that they had no inside information on the bidding process so their blind bid was legit.
Now, if in 6 months Ecofitt finds that its lower bid doesnt cover its costs, then its a different story and the government who accepted the bid will then have to be held accountable for their decision.
I didnt realize this was part of the carbon tax. I wonder how this will apply to rented units, do homeowners have to schedule someone to come over or is this like a door to door sales person?
**This post in now way is an endorsement by Temple5 of the NDP Cabon Tax hiding as sales tax. The ultimate insult would be if people who also are rebated the full amount also get this service. One assumes if you are rebated the money, that you rent vs owning and I assume renters cannot change things in their units without landlord permission.
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