#Canada #Politics #Canadavotes #Carbontax
Trudeau was the worst so far... Let's not make it worse with #Carney

Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum tax of $100 for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by ships...effectively the first global tax on greenhouse gas emissions. #climate #ClimateChange #climateemergency #ClimateCrisis #pollution #environment #shipping #carbontax

https://apnews.com/article/shipping-emissions-climate-change-98ff23ca4739d8b4fc5a8f941a7ca0c4

Poilievre talked about it. But in the end, it was PM Mark Carney who "axed the tax", dropping gas prices across Canada. #carbontax #climatechange #gas https://thewalrus.ca/mark-carney-killed-the-carbon-tax-was-it-courage-or-cowardice/

B.C. expands heat-pump program, despite loss of carbon tax revenue
British Columbia Energy Minister Adrian Dix says the province will have to "make choices" on programs within its CleanBC initiative given the repeal of the consumer carbon tax.
#energy #politics #environment #BritishColumbia #CarbonTax #ClimateChange
https://globalnews.ca/news/11124512/bc-heat-pump-carbon-tax/

I like the carbon tax. And I like the GST.

Why?

Carbon tax with rebate is a good carrot and stick approach to bring about behaviour change. Especially to reduce use of fossil fuels, which not only are burning up the planet, but literally fueling wars and genocide.

GST helps catch gaps in the income tax system. Wealthy people can use tax shelters to reduce/avoid income tax. But its not as easy to avoid the GST. And wealthy spend a lot.

"It was very divisive by the end because there was so much disinformation and misinformation by Conservatives."

If you drop every decent policy because someone attacks it, that's not very inspiring leadership.

#CarbonTax

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/carney-smith-campaign-stop-1.7503621?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

https://www.europesays.com/1970792/ Focus BC: Energy dependence, carbon pricing and commitment to environment #CarbonPricing #CarbonTax #Energy #Environment

Nobody in #Canada seems to mind that the consumer #CarbonTax was scrapped without a decision by #parliament. You see, Canada is a #monarchy. The #Crown has to approve all acts, and it can withdraw approval, too. While it's difficult to make new acts without parliament, it's easy to scrap them. Canadians have seen this before.

In this case, the Crown (Her Excellency the Governor General in Council) simply changed the Regulation under the Act and set the tax rates at zero. The Act remains. #law

How effective was Canada’s #CarbonTax? Hard to say it seems.

"When Harper took power in 2006, the average Canadian personally emitted 23.2 t of carbon dioxide equivalent per year. When he left office in 2015, that was down to 20.8 t. In 2018, the last full year without a federal carbon price — the average Canadian was personally responsible for 20.2 t of carbon dioxide equivalent. By 2023, this had dropped to 17.3 t."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/canadas-federal-carbon-tax-experiment-has-ended-heres-what-it-accomplished-not-much

Let's hope the trend persists.

“Canada axed the tax and made pollution cheap again”

#CarbonTax #AxeTheTax #FossilFools #CdnPoli

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/31/analysis/canada-carbon-pollution-fee-tax-emissions

#CarbonTax Drivers saying "It was this price two weeks ago..." gas station prices had crept up in preparation to the #CarbonTax being removed from the pump on the 1st of April.... #CDNpoli

B.C. facing future without consumer carbon tax for 1st time in 17 years
British Columbians are facing a future without a consumer carbon tax for the first time in 17 years, after the early-morning approval of a bill to end the long-standing policy.
#politics #tax #environment #BC #CarbonTax
https://globalnews.ca/news/11109472/bc-future-consumer-carbon-tax-1st-time-17-years/

B.C. facing future without consumer carbon tax for 1st time in 17 years
British Columbians are facing a future without a consumer carbon tax for the first time in 17 years, after the early-morning approval of a bill to end the long-standing policy.
#politics #tax #environment #BC #CarbonTax
https://globalnews.ca/news/11109472/bc-future-consumer-carbon-tax-1st-time-17-years/

I calculated it once using the CBC tool, the consumer carbon tax was netting me about $45/month ($540/year). Canada is one of the worse carbon emitters per capita and a carbon tax was literally the least disruptive, most neoliberal way to try to meet our emission reduction targets. Can't even keep it up for a decade.

I filled up at $1.38/L this morning. Meanwhile I scored gas at $1.40/L 10 days ago.

I hope people will finally realize it wasn't the "carbon tax" that was inflating prices. It was greedy gas corporations finding an excuse to gauge consumers.

Conservatives are excellent at disinformation.

So, did everyone’s gas prices drop by $.017/l overnight?

Everybody is rejoicing that #gas is cheaper now, but when the country is ablaze in fires, ppl lose their homes, first responders perish & smoke covers the skies for days, Imma gonna remind them the "the tax was axed" so time to choke on all that saving$ ...idiots #carbontax #canpoli #cdnpoli #onpoli #shorttermgainlongtermpain