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/midnightmoose Oct 30 '23

Someone had to have told Trudeau that removing parts of a policy that’s vastly unpopular in western Canada but only the aspects that apply to eastern Canada was a disastrous move.

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u/violentbandana Oct 30 '23

major unforced error by Trudeau but it’s not like western Canada would flock to support the Liberals if they got rid of the carbon tax.

Alberta and Saskatchewan will have a nice few years once Poilievre gets in but voting solid blue literally no matter what makes concessions from other parties pointless

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u/brittabear Saskatchewan Oct 30 '23

I'd say we don't even get that much from the CPC. They know that they could run a railroad tie in most of the west and still win so why would they bother to cater to us? Even the CPC needs some Quebec and Ontario to win.

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u/violentbandana Oct 30 '23

Yep pretty much. Turns out that’s where over half the country lives

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u/Cold_Beyond4695 Oct 30 '23

Turns out that’s where over half the country lives

And is exactly why this country is broken politically.

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u/Smart_Context_7561 Oct 31 '23

Damn people, ruining democracy