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OTTAWA — Conservatives will force a vote on a motion that calls on the government to freeze the federal carbon tax on all forms of home heating until the next election, and then ask Canadians at the polls to decide if they want the price reapplied.
Premiers Scott Moe and Danielle Smith are asking Ottawa to apply the same exemption to natural gas, used mainly by the residents in their provinces.from the federal government in offering the same carbon tax breaks to Manitobans as in eastern Canada, while promising to work collaboratively with its federal partners to make that happen.
“Let’s pause the carbon tax on all home heating until Canadians go to the polls, so that we can have a carbon tax election,” he said.“I think Canadians are deeply, deeply concerned about the need to continue to fight climate change in ways that makes life more affordable for them,” he said. In fact, he said, over 250,000 households in Ontario and 400,000 households in Quebec rely on oil, mostly in northern and rural communities. While the federal price on carbon applies in Ontario, Quebec has had its own cap-and-trade system for the past decade.
All provinces can decide to participate in the federal subsidy program, provided they match the federal contribution of $5,000 to install a new heat pump. The new Conservative motion to extend the pause on carbon tax to all forms of home heating will be subject to a vote next week, most likely on Monday, making it the 22nd time since 2017 that the party has presented motions or bills aimed mostly at gutting or repealing the carbon tax.
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