Dear Editor:
RE: What’s the difference? (March 28).
In December 2023 the CBC reported that according to Statistics Canada, in Ontario 94% of households with an income less than $50,000 receive more from the rebate than they pay in carbon tax. However, only 55% of households with an income greater than $250,000 receive more from the rebate than they pay in carbon tax.
Interesting. So, who benefits most from axing the tax? The rich of course!
Pierre Poilievre and Doug Ford, who claim they are looking out for lower-income families, are really looking out for themselves and the rich. In the case of Ford, that’s no surprise and I don’t expect anything different from Poilievre if he has his way.
Two things carbon tax critics fail to mention: if the tax increases so does the rebate, and if you don’t burn fossil fuels, you don’t pay the tax.
Neither the federal nor the Ontario conservative parties have an actual plan to address the climate emergency; at least not one that can be financially evaluated. They try to obscure that fact with the smoke and mirrors of their “axe the tax” campaign. The Conservatives, with typical lack of foresight, are content to let us burn, drown, starve or be blown away.
It’s not the tax that needs to be axed.
Ron Moore,
Hillsburgh