Carney and Co are lowering gas/diesel taxes:
The move means that the cost of gas will drop by 10 cents on a litre of gasoline and four cents per litre of diesel starting on Monday and lasting until Labour Day. The fuel tax holiday, which Carney said would also see the four cent per litre excise tax removed on aviation fuel, is expected to cost an estimated $2.4 billion.
One of the aims is to improve the affordability hit we’re taking because of the US/Israel war with Iraq.
Does the tax holiday make sense to you? Could it be done better?
something something NATIONALIZE ENERGY PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION etc etc
We did that once with PetroCanada.
yeah, and it was great until the “privatize it because that will (something something) free market (something) efficiency” etc.
And then the government will be under pressure to give gas away almost for free, since they can?
This doesn’t sound like a great idea from a climate perspective.
we’ve had nationalized energy before, and I distinctly remember it not being free of charge.