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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Thanks for the numbers. They definitely had better options than just arbitrarily axing one of them.
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In the end, a carbon tonne is a carbon tonne, similar to how a 1 ton of feathers still weights the same as 1 ton of steel. Enough quantities will pollute the same.
Natural gas produces less carbon emissions than heating oil, yet it still being taxed. Liberals have provided no explanation on the disparity.
A home heating with natural gas or electricity pays more carbon tax than a home heating with heating oil which is now 0$, which is basically diesel treated for sulfur. I just would like to see a solid argument as to why this particular reality makes sense.
This is why this screams of political desperation, and has effectively sacrificed the Liberal mantra for salvaging votes. It's also why it's so hard to see an argument for the move because even attempting to argue it counters the entire premise of carbon tax to begin with.
Liberals could have just let the Atlantic provinces continue with their provincial program, and may still have kept the voters instead of this move which is likely to cause the whole program to crash down.