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As someone who supports the carbon rebate and thinks it's a good policy, I have to admit that Carney is right. Trudeau screwed up the implementation, and now a policy that gives most Canadians more money than they pay is a third rail.

Replacing the tax with something more acceptable, and equally effective seems like a good way forward.

Original: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-mark-carney-consumer-carbon-tax-liberal-leadership-race/

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I think the most reasonable complaint against direct carbon pricing is that people who are living in poverty can't afford to wait for the next rebate to come in.

It sounds like Carney is just proposing incentives (which seems kinda ineffective for consumers), which wouldn't have that drawback.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The system gives rebates before the tax is charged. No one is waiting for the next rebate, they already have it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yet another example of the carbon tax comms failures

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