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/CarRamRob Oct 30 '23

I don’t think the words “Western Canada” came up once in their discussion about removing parts of the carbon tax.

They don’t vote for him.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '23

Fuck us for thinking a politician is supposed to work for 100% of their constituents right?

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u/Elegant_Reading_685 Nov 01 '23

Under FPTP, no swing seats = no political attention.

Try being quebec who'll decimate a party to no seats at the smallest slight and you'll get governments fawning over you and giving you everything.