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Global News BCB.C. expands heat-pump program, despite loss of carbon tax revenue British Columbia Energy Minister Adrian Dix says the province will have to "make choices" on programs within its CleanBC initiative given the repeal of the consumer carbon tax. <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#energy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishColumbia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/CarbonTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonTax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11124512/bc-heat-pump-carbon-tax/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://globalnews.ca/news/11124512/bc-heat-pump-carbon-tax/</a>

MeganI like the carbon tax. And I like the GST.Why?Carbon tax with rebate is a good carrot and stick approach to bring about behaviour change. Especially to reduce use of fossil fuels, which not only are burning up the planet, but literally fueling wars and genocide.GST helps catch gaps in the income tax system. Wealthy people can use tax shelters to reduce/avoid income tax. But its not as easy to avoid the GST. And wealthy spend a lot.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxation</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GST</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CarbonTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonTax</a>

CelloMom On CarsTrump tells countries to ax talks on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shipping</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarbonTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonTax</a>, or else "The debate at the MEPC is whether to tax shipping emissions through a fuel standard (a carbon credits trading scheme) or a universal levy (a flat-rate tax on emissions). However, the U.S. opposes any carbon tax at all."<a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-scrap-maritime-decarbonization-talks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-scrap-maritime-decarbonization-talks/</a>

Daniel AJ SokolovNobody in <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> seems to mind that the consumer <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/CarbonTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonTax</a> was scrapped without a decision by <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/parliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parliament</a>. You see, Canada is a <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/monarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monarchy</a>. The <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Crown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Crown</a> has to approve all acts, and it can withdraw approval, too. While it's difficult to make new acts without parliament, it's easy to scrap them. Canadians have seen this before. In this case, the Crown (Her Excellency the Governor General in Council) simply changed the Regulation under the Act and set the tax rates at zero. The Act remains. <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

Foodie Kenobi 🇨🇦<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/carbonTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbonTax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canada</a> <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/here-s-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-end-of-the-consumer-carbon-tax-1.7499058" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/here-s-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-end-of-the-consumer-carbon-tax-1.7499058</a>

*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱“Canada axed the tax and made pollution cheap again”<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CarbonTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonTax</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AxeTheTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AxeTheTax</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FossilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FossilFools</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CdnPoli</a> <a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/31/analysis/canada-carbon-pollution-fee-tax-emissions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/31/analysis/canada-carbon-pollution-fee-tax-emissions</a>

martin_fff<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarbonTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonTax</a> Drivers saying "It was this price two weeks ago..." gas station prices had crept up in preparation to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarbonTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonTax</a> being removed from the pump on the 1st of April.... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CDNpoli</a>

Bri | 🚴📦💨✨ | 🏳️‍🌈I calculated it once using the CBC tool, the consumer carbon tax was netting me about $45/month ($540/year). Canada is one of the worse carbon emitters per capita and a carbon tax was literally the least disruptive, most neoliberal way to try to meet our emission reduction targets. Can't even keep it up for a decade. <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/CarbonTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonTax</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/CanPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CanPoli</a>

*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱So, did everyone’s gas prices drop by $.017/l overnight?<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CarbonTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonTax</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AprilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AprilFools</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a>

Calamitous ORTBO :mstdn:Everybody is rejoicing that <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gas</a> is cheaper now, but when the country is ablaze in fires, ppl lose their homes, first responders perish & smoke covers the skies for days, Imma gonna remind them the "the tax was axed" so time to burn ...idiots <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/carbontax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbontax</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#onpoli</a>

*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱Today is the last day of the consumer carbon tax. I have a homework assignment for folks: take note of the price of gas at your local stations; take a photo or write them down. My hypothesis is that there might be a short dip in prices (so as not to draw the ire of consumers and regulators), but that within a short time prices will creep back up near current levels, and oil companies profits will soar.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CarbonTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonTax</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CDNPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CDNPoli</a>

Cassian [main]UK petition: Make private flyers pay for their Carbon emissionsSign here: <a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/707608" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/707608</a>Graph to track signatures: <a href="https://petition-track.uk/check-petition/707608" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://petition-track.uk/check-petition/707608</a>Deadline: 10 September 2025You can sign if you are: - A British citizen living anywhere, or - Anyone living in the UK regardless of citizenship.<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PrivateJets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivateJets</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/TaxTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxTheRich</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#petition</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/CarbonTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonTax</a>

Open Water Otter VE7GR🏳️‍🌈It will be really interesting to see how much gasoline prices come down when the <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/carbontax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbontax</a> is removed. I will expect that the oil companies will pocket this as additional profit, and not lower prices very much, if at all. <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canpoli</a> <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/canelxn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canelxn</a>

EtherAndRhumWas pp not informed that the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/carbontax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbontax</a> is over for consumers as of what, 4 days ago? <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/elbowsup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elbowsup</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/elections2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elections2025</a><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7484290" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7484290</a>

JustGThe reality here is very fucking hilarious. Obviously the evaporation of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/carbontax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbontax</a> was never going to result in lower gas prices. Just like covering this country in oil and gas pipelines will not ever, fucking EVER mean lower prices. Collectively society’s brains shut off when it’s just corporations pillaging us just as long as the government isn’t using the means at its disposal to deliver/fund services <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canada</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ottawa</a> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/video/11093405/alberta-gas-prices-jump-ahead-of-carbon-tax-cut" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://globalnews.ca/video/11093405/alberta-gas-prices-jump-ahead-of-carbon-tax-cut</a>

LM Little"This will be shocking news to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canadians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canadians</a> who blamed the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/carbontax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbontax</a>, or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a>, or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JustinTrudeau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JustinTrudeau</a> personally, for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inflation</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#affordability</a> challenges after the pandemic. It’s no accident that vested interests—from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oil</a> industry to the Conservative Party—have tried to divert Canadians’ righteous anger toward those scapegoats. They don’t want us to know where the true problem originated. "<a href="https://rabble.ca/economy/fossil-fuels-are-hurting-affordability-not-helping-it/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rabble.ca/economy/fossil-fuels-are-hurting-affordability-not-helping-it/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigOil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeverVoteConservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeverVoteConservative</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misinformation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a>

JustGIMO that the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/carbontax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbontax</a> is gone because the liberals made it the center piece legislation to mitigate the effects of climate change with no structure to support it. I think the policy had merit. I don’t think Carney is going to do much beside incentive structures for technological fixes that continue the lie that we as a society don’t actually need to make any fundamental changes to how we live <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canada</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ottawa</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a>

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸As expected, Danielle Smith never cared about the part of the carbon tax that applied to individuals. She just used that part for campaigning. She is a puppet for the oil industry. What she wants to abolish is the industrial portion of the tax.This is Carney’s first test. If he can win an election (possibly even an Edmonton riding) while defending the industrial carbon tax, he will send a signal that his climate credentials are legitimate. If he can maintain that tax in government and use it to decarbonize the economy, then he will show climate leadership. <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/carbontax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbontax</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abpoli</a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/calgary-s2m5l3ffz/-/a-0LvF0EN0QOu5nVKTIlwXTQ%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/calgary-s2m5l3ffz/-/a-0LvF0EN0QOu5nVKTIlwXTQ%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0</a>

*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱So, the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CarbonTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonTax</a> is dead. Can’t wait for the prices of everything to go down and inflation to be solved./s<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CDNpoli</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CanPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CanPoli</a>

GeriAQuin🇨🇦 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canada</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/carbontax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbontax</a> PM Carney moves to scrap the consumer carbon tax on families, farmers and small - medium sized businesses.

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