Carney promises to scrap carbon pricing if he becomes Prime Minister (archive.is)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by sbv@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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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.

Original: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-mark-carney-consumer-carbon-tax-liberal-leadership-race/

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[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

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.