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SaltWire's Atlantic regional weather forecast for October 26, 2023 | SaltWireOTTAWA – Facing bad political headwinds in Atlantic Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to reduce the financial impact of his carbon tax Thursday, temporarily removing the tax from home heating oil and boosting rebates for rural residents.
“The highest proportion of people with home heating oil across the country are in Atlantic Canada and that’s why this hit them particularly hard as the provincial pricing systems were replaced by the federal pricing system,” he said. Liberal MP Ken McDonald, from Newfoundland and Labrador, has twice voted with the Conservatives on anti carbon tax motions.The second time, which happened in early October, McDonald told reporters he felt it was “not the time” to make fuel and other necessities more expensive, and sided with the Newfoundland premier, Andrew Furey, in calling for exemptions for home heating fuel in the province.
“Economists and experts around the world have long known that putting a price on carbon emissions is the best way to drive down those emissions that cause climate change, is the cheapest, most efficient and most impactful way and it’s working,” he said. He said in the long-term these policy changes will further reduce carbon emissions by getting more people to use heat pumps.
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