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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
The messaging here in Nova Scotia is not that Carbon Tax is bad per say, but that it shouldn't be on home heating oil.
Here's the thing. In principle I don't disagree.
If you want homes to stop heating with oil then new builds should be banned from using heating oil.
Have incentives to replace oil tanks/furnaces.
If a tank or furnace needs to be replaced there should be a program that renders it cost effective to switch to Heat pump/electric or whatever.
If you're a senior who always had oil, and are on a limited income switching could be cost prohibitive. But having heat in February is a necessity. So is taxing their home heating oil going to reduce consumption? Likely not.
If it's not going to reduce carbon emissions, and it's going to hurt low income Canadians, then I'm ok with the exception.
That said, I don't actually know about all this stuff. My stance is 100% open to change.
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Does your position also extend to natural gas across the rest of Canada?