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Canada’s carbon tax is popular, innovative and helps save the planet – but now it faces the axe (www.theguardian.com)
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As prime minister Justin Trudeau trails in polls, opposition seek to persuade voters environmental policy is a burden

Mass hunger and malnutrition. A looming nuclear winter. An existential threat to the Canadian way of life. For months, the country’s Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has issued dire and increasingly apocalyptic warnings about the future. The culprit? A federal carbon levy meant to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

In the House of Commons this month, the Tory leader said there was only one way to avoid the devastating crisis: embattled prime minister Justin Trudeau must “call a ‘carbon tax’ election”.

Hailed as a global model of progressive environmental policy, Canada’s carbon tax has reduced emissions and put money in the pockets of Canadians. The levy, endorsed by conservative and progressive economists, has survived multiple federal elections and a supreme court challenge. But this time, a persistent cost-of-living crisis and a pugnacious Conservative leader running on a populist message have thrust the country’s carbon tax once more into the spotlight, calling into question whether it will survive another national vote.

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Same here. That doesn't mean it's popular with most Canadians. And if it's the issue to give us Poilievre, who comes with other downsides, then perhaps we should revisit it. It don't matter how many up/down votes it gets among us.

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Mostly it's just unpopular because Trudeau's name is attached (just like Obamacare, aka the Afforable Care Act, was in the US).

A few weeks back there was a comment made here (sorry, can't find it) where the poster said he'd discussed the carbon rebate with a couple of guys who were adamantly against it and swore they never received the rebate.

Turned out one guy owed back taxes (so the rebate was withheld to pay it) and the other guy's wife received theirs.

And that's on the the lack of messaging to clarify the tax/rebate info for people.

Wait until the Cons win the next election and the rebate stops ... right wing voters will be pissed then.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

I remember that thread.

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