As someone who supports the carbon rebate and thinks it’s a good policy, I have to admit that Carney is right. Trudeau screwed up the implementation, and now a policy that gives most Canadians more money than they pay is a third rail.
Replacing the tax with something more acceptable, and equally effective seems like a good way forward.
Can’t you just pay it ahead of time?
I think the biggest issue with the carbon tax is that when gas prices go up, people just assume it’s all because of carbon tax.
That would make sense. I don’t believe that’s how it was implemented.
That sounds like an issue with people, not with the tax.
I’d argue this is an issue with messaging. The government did such a bad job explaining to people what the tax was and how it works. For example, I talked with sooo many people who swore they weren’t getting their Carbon Tax Rebates but just didn’t realise that’s what the CAI payments were.
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