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Who's shocked?
The right are professional whiners at this point.
I think tackling the cost of living, more specifically housing, is way more important and will pave the way for these taxes to be more effective and accepted. Heat pumps are expensive, EVs are really expensive, and the people who would benefit the most from an EV probably need an at home charger which is also expensive. Recent home buyers likely can't afford such an upgrade, and renters don't have a choice even if they could. Until affordability is under control these taxes really just feel like they're targeted at the poor.
The right are disingenuous. They'll complain about things they voted for and pretend they were against it. Don't bother to listen to them.
I am going to add nothing constructive and just say I seriously dislike this fucker.
“According to the Bank of Canada, the carbon price is only responsible for about 0.1 percentage points of annual inflation,” he wrote. ... "We continue to remain open to proposals for credible systems that price pollution that reflect the unique realities of your regions and meet the national benchmark.”
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre relentlessly campaigns to, as he puts it, “spike the hike.” Poilievre has been drumming up support for months, hosting coast-to-coast rallies, fundraising and selling party T-shirts with his pledge to “axe the tax” should Conservatives form the next government.
Ah, I see the problem. Trudeau needs to stop explaining things and just come up with something that rhymes and fits on a T-shirt. Maybe "Pass on Gas"?
Tax the stacks
Tax the fucking rich. If you use or produce gas/oil/coal at an industrial scale, your taxes should be an incredible burden. Most citizens don't have an option to choose their fuel source, most of us don't even get a choice of god damned ISP.
Despite being just an conditioner with 2 extra valves, heatpumps are insanely expensive. And thanks to their high price and a 24/7 public slander campaign no one wants to buy an electric car. Fuck.
Before you even start, a modern heatpump will work with outside temps down below -20 and you don't need a car with a 700km range and 90 second charger, you need 200-300km and a 15amp outlet because all you do is drive your broke ass too and from work 250 days a year.
Just to point out:
Given that the Carbon tax is consumption based and the rich tend to consume significantly more it is effectively taxing the rich.
Up until recently before the Greener Home program was cancelled a very substantial portion of Heat pump installations was subsidized.
Modern heat pumps can still work at 75% capacity at -30c without auxiliary heat.