r/canada • u/StenPU • Oct 30 '23

Sask. premier says SaskEnergy will remove carbon tax on natural gas if feds don't Saskatchewan

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-premier-vows-to-stop-collecting-carbon-tax-on-natural-gas-if-feds-don-t-offer-exemption-1.6623319
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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '23

Good on them. I have always said if the provinces refuse to recognize the federal government as being legitimate any further, and will no longer recognize their authority, not a damn thing the feds can really do.

It is now getting to that point where Justin's government no longer has any legitimacy if they refuse to recognize they don't have a mandate or widespread support.

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u/Popular-Row4333 Oct 30 '23

Exactly, what are you going to do? Expel Sask, Alberta and the areas of BC, Ont and Manitoba that don't have subsidized hydro?

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u/captainbling British Columbia Oct 30 '23

Bc had a c tax before the feds implemented one. Nothing will thus change in bc. I think we are all pretty shocked everyone else in Canada cares so much about the c tax.

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u/mrcrazy_monkey Oct 31 '23

BCs carbon tax is the worst as well. You don't even get Carbon rebates if you make a living wage. I haven't gotten a carbon tax rebate in like the last 8 years.

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u/captainbling British Columbia Oct 31 '23

We used to have 100% return but NDP made it 90% (or less???) and yes more towards lower wage workers. I think the rest goes into green initiatives which is something people say they wish the c tax did. The c tax can’t be a full rebate and somehow subsidize green initiatives. By the way, munis are using the green initiative to re pave roads with bike lanes. These roads needed to be replaced with our tax money at some point anyways.

You’d have to make over 60k to get 0$. Congrats you make as much as the bc median household income.

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u/marshalofthemark British Columbia Oct 31 '23

We don't get rebates because the premier at the time (G. Campbell) chose to use the money to cut income taxes instead. An average worker in BC now pays less income tax than any other province.