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Originally Posted by GLOW
didn't JT want to increase the carbon tax and everyone is pleading him to not do it?
if it goes through won't it increase gas prices even more?
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I could totally be wrong about this, so I'd welcome RS to correct me if I am understanding the carbon tax wrong.
Assuming that my understanding is correct, the Canadian carbon tax is supposed to be revenue neutral. You pay the carbon tax on things that are deemed to pollute / has a carbon footprint, and you get that money back from carbon tax rebates. Turd and Libs are constantly saying that based on their estimates, 80% of Canadians receive more money from carbon tax rebates than the amount of carbon tax they pay.
This is exactly the reason why Eby recently called PeePee's anti-carbon tax rhetoric a baloney factory, because BC would receive less money from the feds if the carbon tax is scrapped.
I feel like most people who opposed to the carbon tax do so because they don't have any actual clue as to how it works. All they hear is the "tax" buzzword, and they automatically think it is bad. But of course you never hear them mention collecting the carbon tax rebate.