this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2025
56 points (100.0% liked)
Canada
8896 readers
1599 users here now
What's going on Canada?
Related Communities
π Meta
πΊοΈ Provinces / Territories
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon
ποΈ Cities / Local Communities
- Calgary (AB)
- Edmonton (AB)
- Greater Sudbury (ON)
- Guelph (ON)
- Halifax (NS)
- Hamilton (ON)
- Kootenays (BC)
- London (ON)
- Mississauga (ON)
- Montreal (QC)
- Nanaimo (BC)
- Oceanside (BC)
- Ottawa (ON)
- Port Alberni (BC)
- Regina (SK)
- Saskatoon (SK)
- Thunder Bay (ON)
- Toronto (ON)
- Vancouver (BC)
- Vancouver Island (BC)
- Victoria (BC)
- Waterloo (ON)
- Windsor (ON)
- Winnipeg (MB)
Sorted alphabetically by city name.
π Sports
Hockey
- Main: c/Hockey
- Calgary Flames
- Edmonton Oilers
- MontrΓ©al Canadiens
- Ottawa Senators
- Toronto Maple Leafs
- Vancouver Canucks
- Winnipeg Jets
Football (NFL): incomplete
Football (CFL): incomplete
Baseball
Basketball
Soccer
- Main: /c/CanadaSoccer
- Toronto FC
π» Schools / Universities
- BC | UBC (U of British Columbia)
- BC | SFU (Simon Fraser U)
- BC | VIU (Vancouver Island U)
- BC | TWU (Trinity Western U)
- ON | UofT (U of Toronto)
- ON | UWO (U of Western Ontario)
- ON | UWaterloo (U of Waterloo)
- ON | UofG (U of Guelph)
- ON | OTU (Ontario Tech U)
- QC | McGill (McGill U)
Sorted by province, then by total full-time enrolment.
π΅ Finance, Shopping, Sales
- Personal Finance Canada
- BAPCSalesCanada
- Canadian Investor
- Buy Canadian
- Quebec Finance
- Churning Canada
π£οΈ Politics
- General:
- Federal Parties (alphabetical):
- By Province (alphabetical):
π Social / Culture
Rules
- Keep the original title when submitting an article. You can put your own commentary in the body of the post or in the comment section.
Reminder that the rules for lemmy.ca also apply here. See the sidebar on the homepage: lemmy.ca
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
This is disappointing
It's even more disappointing that I would bet money that gas stations will not lower their prices by the same amount as the tax because of this. They'll go down maybe 5 cents and claim it's the savings.
The average family is going to lose money from dropping this policy, they were getting more from the rebate than they were spending on the tax.
Before you get disappointed, pay attention to the fact that he's repeatedly said his plan is to replace the carbon tax, not just end it with no backup plan.
Carney's play here is simple; he wants, and believes in, some form of carbon pricing, but The Carbon Tax has become politically radioactive. So, kill it, rebrand it, and reintroduce it. Without "Axe The Tax" and "Fuck Trudeau" PP loses his entire political identity.
Alternatively, he defends the carbon tax, potentially to the point of it being enough to put the CPC over the top in an election, and then they axe it with no plan to replace it.
I'll join you in being disappointed - and disgusted - if he fails to follow through on delivering an effective replacement (which won't happen until after an election), but for now let's follow the play.
You're correct. But the carbon tax is so widely misunderstood and hated that continuing to push it is political suicide.
I begrudgingly respect the Liberals decision here, even though I strictly disagree with the outcome.
I'm not gonna lie, this tax did nothing for me. It did not influence my purchasing decisions. I already hardly drive my vehicle, but when I need to get somewhere I don't even have any other option than to take a vehicle.
I'm also certainly not going to heat my home any differently, so it is what it is and I just kept paying.
You think the pumps will see a drop, as long as PP does not say anything about the carbon tax being dropped the gas stations will stay the same.
Yes people will find out that Carney did that on the news but PP will come up with some new nick name and people will forget.
CANADA DOESN'T NEED A SMALL pp
How does anyone even know what the price is/was, is/was -supposed to be, should be, might be?
Anyone could do a cursory search and find that the fuel charge rate is currently $0.1761/L for gasoline. They could also see, with this same search, what the price was, is supposed to be, should be, and might be.
Anyone who drives at 8am knows that the price could be higher or lower at 805am.
Thanks for your insight.
You could also look up the wholesale cost of gasoline, compare that the current advertised price to figure out what the specific gas stations normal markup is, then see if the wholesale price changes on the date the carbon tax is removed to find out if the gas station was taking an extra big cut.