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Originally Posted by Azure
The 10 posts proceeding mine were all relating to the discussion of how corporations are gouging customers because 'our costs are so high.' Guess what is part of those costs right now?
To break it down into simpler terms, if you are a corporation and you heat with propane or natural gas, there is a carbon tax. And as with any other added cost the last two years, corporations have just turned around and used it as an excuse to gouge customers.
Therefore I think the carbon tax on food production should be repealed until food prices stabilize.
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Your policy relies on corporations not being greedy and competition working. So if it is just an ‘excuse’ to raise prices and not a reason to raise prices then we would just see the “excuse” change to labour cost, tax, or real estate.
So either the savings would be marginal if businesses chose to pass through the savings due to competition or they would be 0. If as you state carbon taxes are just an excuse.
Instead if you want to deal with cost of living pressures target policies at those in need and increase taxation on those with excess.