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submitted 1 year ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

The New Democrats say they will back the Conservatives on a motion to pull the carbon price off all home heating until after the next election.

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[-] yeather@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago

The issue is those that cannot make the switch to electric also aren’t in the best spot to pay thr carbon tax. It’s a catch 22 for the poor. Ending the carbon tax for now is a good thing since those that could switched to electric and those that couldn’t won’t be punished.

[-] joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Ending the carbon tax now would result in them having less money available.

That doesn't actually help them.

It's a typical conservative talking point. Take a complex system, make it sound simple, pitch a simple solution (that in reality won't fix anything and actually usually makes thing worse), people who don't understand the complex system latch onto the simple solution, then when the simple solution is implemented it doesn't fix anything but no one questions why.

We see his with conservatives time and time and time again, it's sooo frustrating. I wish the economy was as simple as they claim it is.

[-] yeather@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

How would ending the carbon tax end up with then having less money. A tax directly affecting them ending would give them more money to work into their budget. This is a simple cause and effect. The only people with less money is the government, which lets be honest the carbon tax on heating homes was never a large portion of their budget.

[-] LeonenTheDK@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I would guess it's because ending the carbon tax would end the payment people get paid from it. Majority of people profit from it.

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