What is my PM thinking??
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What is my PM thinking?? A gas tax holiday? Stupid plan! If @mark-carney.bsky.social had announced the excise tax $ was going to be temporarily diverted to #municipalities to allow commuters to bus for free, for eg, that would have been a message that showed commitment to affordability for those suffering + #value for the environment / recognition climate change is real.
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What is my PM thinking?? A gas tax holiday? Stupid plan! If @mark-carney.bsky.social had announced the excise tax $ was going to be temporarily diverted to #municipalities to allow commuters to bus for free, for eg, that would have been a message that showed commitment to affordability for those suffering + #value for the environment / recognition climate change is real.
@HyL
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What is my PM thinking?? A gas tax holiday? Stupid plan! If @mark-carney.bsky.social had announced the excise tax $ was going to be temporarily diverted to #municipalities to allow commuters to bus for free, for eg, that would have been a message that showed commitment to affordability for those suffering + #value for the environment / recognition climate change is real.
Keep trying what has been tried and failed before, but try it just a little harder.
It's the neolib way.
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@DavidM_yeg Right?!
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@DavidM_yeg Right?!
This was exactly the kind of thinking (for home heating oil) that killed the carbon tax.
And it’s a bit of a slap in the face to those of us who have always considered fuel efficiency and have invested in electric vehicles rather than buying another gas guzzling monster like my neighbours.
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This was exactly the kind of thinking (for home heating oil) that killed the carbon tax.
And it’s a bit of a slap in the face to those of us who have always considered fuel efficiency and have invested in electric vehicles rather than buying another gas guzzling monster like my neighbours.
@DavidM_yeg I think it was politics that killed the carbon tax.
and I think the minority of people have done the kind of investment that you have done... It's possible to come up with a solution to not punish them in the way you imply.
Pointing out also, that anyone who benefited from any government subsidies to retrofit or net zero orient their homes are only the single family detached dwelling owners. Anyone who owns a condo, for eg, was not eligible, nor were multi-family buildings. That needs to be changed.
What would you suggest instead?
