Carney government issues new oil and gas subsidies in spring mini-budget https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/28/news/carney-oil-gas-subsidies-mini-budget

[dyckron@cosocial.ca]

Carney government issues new oil and gas subsidies in spring mini-budget https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/28/news/carney-oil-gas-subsidies-mini-budget

[andymor@cosocial.ca]

@dyckron ew gross

[hub@cosocial.ca]

@andymor @dyckron but they don't have the money to help canadians.

[pinhman@humanwords.party]

@dyckron If a gas export tax was used to fund thr sovereign wealth fund, the income this would bring in? Maybe enough to pay off the $35B Canada has already put into TMX, or the $2B cutting the excise tax looses.

An export tax that rises with degree of inflationary speculation. Would shield Canada from the inflation gas pricing will cause and could fund not-for-profit housing across Canada, education, healthcare, research..

But our banker PM doesn’t want to be known as the banker who challenged every other banker’s wealth? Canadian taxpayer’s will just help the wealthiest…

https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026/april-2026/push-for-25-gas-export-tax-intensifies-as-inquiry-hears-billions-are-being-lost

https://ieefa.org/resources/canada-should-learn-trans-mountain-expansion-pipelines-fiscal-issues

https://www.ipolitics.ca/2026/04/14/liberals-suspend-federal-fuel-excise-taxes-until-labour-day/

[dyckron@cosocial.ca]

@pinhman rises with the degree of inflationary speculation, I like that a lot!

[pinhman@humanwords.party]

@dyckron Last time a govt support the oil industry (Alberta $4.3 B tax cut) the industry laid off 3500 jobs, but dividends and CEO bonuses went up …

Who is Carney supporting?

https://www.theenergymix.com/no-new-jobs-came-from-albertas-4b-job-creation-tax-cut-for-big-oil/

[dyckron@cosocial.ca]

@pinhman the force of will needed to let that rhetorical question stand... 🥵