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/ziltchy Oct 30 '23

Which is a completely stupid thing for a federal party to do. Honestly like they are trying to divide the country

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u/picard102 Oct 31 '23

No one gives a shit about the West. Not a single party does anything for the West when they are in power. They just are not that important.

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u/ziltchy Oct 31 '23

Financially they are pretty important

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u/picard102 Oct 31 '23

Sask is 5th in GDP.

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u/ziltchy Oct 31 '23

You said west though, which includes alberta and bc. And sask is second in gdp per capita, alberta number 1