Can Saskatchewan just stop collecting carbon tax? | About That

The Saskatchewan government has announced it won't pay the federal carbon tax on home heating. Starting next month, the province will look to stop remitting the tax to Ottawa on natural gas bills. Producer Lauren Bird explains why Saskatchewan says the tax is unfair - and whether a province can actually circumvent a federal law.
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[@AB-ho1cr]

My whole life I was like “why do these separatists want to leave the greatest country on earth” but now I think these people are the only ones who care. Institutions and government are failing us.

[@TravisSloat-ln2xv]

The tax did NOT survive the legal challenge. The tax defence was "equally" across all provinces. When the Federal government carved out exemptions for some provinces, they undermined thier own legal argument. The Supreme Court ruling is no longer valid.

[@cornutty]

Cbc is in survival mode at this point. Bias won't be scaling back, narcissism always doubles down

[@MrBrock314]

Except they didn't. As pointed out in the clip, the exemption isn't province-specific, it's type-specific. There's no guarantee the Supreme Court will view that as unfair. And honestly, the solution should just be to put the tax back on oil heating and call it fair again.

[@mikedoan4247]

@@MrBrock314 i disagree. The solution is to remove the tax all together. The money being made by the people if better off in our pockets then the government. We can spend it better then they can.

[@simont9984]

Damn right they can! Way to go Saskatchewan! Besides if Trudeau can avoid jail so can Saskatchewan. Also if they didnt take it in the first place everyone would be ahead. 90% on rebates is not 100%.

[@jptrainor]

Yes. Of course they can. They prefer to enter into a dispute. Who better to enter into a dispute with the federal government.

[@davidg9927]

They were supposed to stop collecting any federal taxes in 1952… Lord Nelson case .

[@kimschwenker155]

You forgot to mention the 2021 judgement was based on the fact that the carbon tax was unilaterally applied to all of Canada except for Quebec, of course, which should have debunked its validity right there and then. Now though, the Federal gov't has broken their own policy with the carve out which gives the provinces the window of opportunity to refuse to collect and remit the tax. This dismisses the supreme court ruling based on the fact that the gov't itself has falsified or contradicted the very reason that made the tax constitutional according to the judge.

[@ironhell813]

The feds have been Quebec puppets since the Quebec act of 1791 allowed that culture to impose its will on the british

[@AtteliaVel]

Québec has had thier own plan for years along with Ontario . Doug ford pulled out of it and so the government put thier plan in place .

[@socksrwooly]

​@@AtteliaVelQuebecs plan does not reach the amount Provinces are supposed to be at. That is why the Maritimes where forced to change. Quebec is 10% of Canada.

[@AtteliaVel]

@@socksrwooly every province could have had the Ontario and Québec plan . Ontario bailed because doug and now Québec stands alone .

[@socksrwooly]

@@AtteliaVel no only Quebec gets Quebecs plan. That is the same as the Maritimes, and they had to increase massively. Quebec literally just bought some carbon credits and called it good. Since they are their own Nation (as stupidly introduced by uneducated nepo baby) Canada can't actually push them to do more.

[@BubbleButtsColoringBooks]

The government told me that if I give them money the weather will be gooder!

[@StephenHill-zg8qr]

The question should be why every province is not axing the tax.

[@bradcanning875]

The answer is because they will be again requesting drought and wildfire relief as a result of climate change due to CARBON. Only the hypocrite foreign oil sycophants in conservative provinces want to take but not pay their share.

[@ironhell813]

Maybe not aware of their constitutional rights? Quebec and the fed will use the notwithstanding clause that Trudeau sr put in to exempt his own province…

[@bradcanning875]

@@ironhell813 Yet Alberta and Saskatchewan are the only provinces who have threatened to use it.

[@MrBrock314]

Because most poor people are benefiting from the tax - as illustrated in this exact clip. The stats are those who make $200 000 or less are generally breaking even on the tax. Only certain outliers (some rural locations, some high transit jobs (like truck driver maybe?)) may not be and, over time, those are getting adjustments like the 20% additional rebate for rural residents mentioned in this video. TLDR: Most people are NOT losing money from the tax, some are even GAINING money.

[@ironhell813]

Most of the tax gainers are middle class and immigrants. Poor gets next to nothing in Canada because conservatives often target them and coalition goves often take from them constantly. Canada is the most toxic country in the world to be in if your poor.

[@TheRaidoRune]

All provinces shall stop paying that.

[@Prairieshutterbug64]

Doesn't Quebec already cherry pick which federal laws it will follow?

[@thomasroussel6897]

Other than through the limited scope of the notwithstanding clause, which is legal and available to all provinces, Quebec has never unilaterally refused to apply a federal law.

[@bradcanning875]

Always the deflection to Quebec from the extremist conservative in our country.

[@WeatherManToBe]

No.

[@MrWookie1981]

@@thomasroussel6897 How can Quebec use the notwithstanding clause when they have not signed on to the Charter?

[@Prairieshutterbug64]

@@thomasroussel6897Perhaps that because no laws have been enacted that deliberately discriminate against the province.

[@Tomyum19]

So why are they collecting the tax if its all paid back?

[@WeatherManToBe]

No choice

[@lizliz4186]

Because it changes peoples' behaviour. And it takes money from those who have more and gives it to those who have less.

[@MrWookie1981]

@@lizliz4186 If the goal is to change behavior (which I agree is the goal) why did they remove it from the most polluting way to heat your house? They should have increased the tax on home oil heating to make people get rid of it faster if that truly is the goal.

[@Tomyum19]

@@lizliz4186 If the goal is to change behaviour then why is there a rebate that covers the cost.. It doesnt make any logical sense. Maybe im missing something. Plus why are we taking money from people and giving it to those with less in the form of a carbon tax?

[@john15008]

@@lizliz4186 I would change the wording to "takes money from those who EMIT more and gives it to those who EMIT less."

[@jsander9469]

It is the responsibility of citizens to disobey unjust laws. Good on SK.

[@joshdun3290]

Who get to decide what laws are unjust?? Sounds like lawlessness to me. Aren't you all the "law and order" party?

[@Leakstop247]

Sounds great! Sure worked out for those people down South facing 20+ years in prison. Rules for thee, not for me, eh?

[@Gomz1231]

Keep these segments coming, CBC. About That is one of those shows I look forward to get an understanding of an issue at hand.

[@gror7849]

Paid troll!

[@oakenleif]

You're obviously employed by the liberals or CBC

[@PlebThinker]

oh lord i would dive deeper then what the gov paid media is telling you

[@Rick-zw9kp]

Beautiful satire

[@ironhell813]

Try passing a sovereign act like Alberta and Quebec did and get control of your province back.

[@JohnDelong-qm9iv]

Trudeau should go back to school

[@chriswong4304]

Federal laws are churned out in Ottawa with impunity , it's about time that the participating provinces are acting to remind Ottawa that Canada is a democracy and not some medieval feudal 18th century fifedom. This action prevents the phrase " give an inch and they will take a mile" from the legislation happy free loaders in Ottawa.

[@bradcanning875]

Yes and when those provinces want Federal money for drought relief and wildfires from climate change caused by CARBON our democracy can say pound salt.

[@MrBrock314]

We're a constitutional monarchy, not a democracy. Democracy is how we choose our reps. However, we're also a federally organized confederation. This too, was on purpose. The federal government is SUPPOSED to have the say over national things like the environment. Provinces are supposed to focus on day-to-day running like healthcare, domestic transportation and education.

[@Gordon87Gekko]

Stop climate change, ban a Liberal!!😅😅😂

[@JohnDelong-qm9iv]

Carbon dioxide in a not pollution.Ask a biologist.

[@TheRabid0ne]

@ 7:00 There is an error... not everyone gets $ back... BC and Quebec do not. Also, the Feds LEFT the rebate on the Carbon Tax in place when they lifted it from the home heating oil...

[@lizliz4186]

Because they don't participate. That's the choice those provinces made and they have their own plan. That was decided years ago. Saskatchewan had the choice to come up with their own plan, like BC, or join the federal plan. They choose the federal plan now they're reneging and being petty. If this is about savings, why don't they eliminate the provincial sales tax on home heating before asking for someone else's tax to be removed? Yes, 30% of Atlantic Canada, who heat with oil are still getting their rebate and so are the rest of the people, in provinces that participate, who have oil heating, including 12.5k oil heated homes in Saskatchewan. If you look at data, there's almost as many houses in Ontario that heat with oil as there is in all of Atlantic Canada. There's actually double the amount of homes that heat with oil in Quebec compared to all of Atlantic Canada. It's not an Atlantic Canada exemption, it's an oil heating exemption.

[@MrWookie1981]

@@lizliz4186 It is vote buying exemption. The number of people in those other provinces that heat with oil do not have enough population to swing votes. Atlantic Canada does and just happens to be Liberal (for now).

[@Travman60]

Kind of...yes. There's another error around 8:15 that calls it Saskatchewan's portion going the Federal pool, but each province has it's own pool. The Federal government will still rebate what they collected in Saskatchewan (or Nova Scotia) back to the province it came from, but that provinces pool will be smaller. Saskatchewan typically has the biggest per person rebate of any provinces because they use a lot of gas and pay a lot more than other provinces. Collecting less on gas would put them closer to the average rebate.

[@john15008]

That's because BC already had a carbon tax that predated the federal one and Quebec uses a cap and trade system that already incorporates a price on carbon. BC residents get a rebate from their provincial government.

[@TheRabid0ne]

@@john15008 That doesn't change the fact that they said everyone receives one, when they clearly don't... and as to your last point... living in BC I haven't seen a carbon rebate in over a decade. You only get it if your personal income is significantly less than the median income in the province.

[@idcraw]

Where is this rebate? what a load of BS.

[@MrBrock314]

It's part of your tax return. Most Canadians didn't notice the change as they don't keep a detailed record of their tax returns to notice the increase that coincided with the year the carbon tax was implemented. It's a silly implementation but nonetheless, most Canadians do make money or break even on it so it's even more silly to be opposed to it.

[@j_mad]

Where is the rebate u ask. It goes to trudeau's pocket or to fund his vacations.

[@johnbozak1662]

Good for Scotty! Made Dougy can crawl out from under turdeau’s desk and do the same now!

[@jt8218]

Civil disobedience is the way to go when the governments take more than half of your income to spend as they please.

[@mrhurst198]

No tax will ever fix the environment, get rid of the carbon tax in Canada

[@tabooz0331]

In Ontario, Newmarket, without counting the delivery and admin fee the carbon tax is around 94.7% on natural gas as it shows on my Enbridge bill. The government charges an extra 13% on the 94.7% carbon tax. My 03 Dec 2023 to 02 Jan 2024 gas bill: Gas Supply charge $75.61+ Fed Carbon tax $71.61 + Delivery and admin charge $126.12 + HST 35.54 Total bill $ 308.96 and the total tax government charged $107.15

[@StarvingDad4Change]

BC HAD A CARBON TAX, TEN YEARS BEFORE TRUDEAU'S TAX CAME INTO PLAY AND IT DIDN'T REDUCE ANY CARBON FROM BC EMISSIONS AFTER BEING IN PLAY FOR TEN YEARS, SO WHAT DOES THAT SAY?

[@zacharyrocks1]

Feds need to get the heck out of everyone's business.

[@cornutty]

Can't wait until they're gone.

[@ironhell813]

Here’s hoping for More sovereign acts.

[@MrBrock314]

@@ironhell813 Just move to a different country if you don't like confederation - it's easier than trying to break one up.

[@ironhell813]

Iam already moving. But it’s a slow go because of resistance from Canada and my new country

[@Grimshire]

Income taxes are paid by everyone. Extra taxes charged by our government are illegal. Take the current gov't to court or rebel

[@brenwick2010]

Good for Saskatchewan ! You also can’t exempt some home heating suppliers and not others …

[@kenf8378]

Brenwick: But they do. Home use propane is still having CT collected on it. The gov't here in Sask is saying that the tax is being collected there because the suppliers are individual companies, and not the Province. Which is a weak excuse, since heating fuel is also distributed by suppliers and not the Gov't, and they were exempted by this knee jerk, poorly thought out move, whose main purpose was to trigger the base for the upcoming election.

[@ladykaitan]

I feel this is sooooo missing the point that we need to move away from gaz and oil. the tax revenue must go towards that.

[@CommonSenseCarlCanada]

The cbc pretending not to be the regimes propaganda dept 😅

[@andrewryba7864]

yes they can and they are.

[@theracer6882]

If you have to give rebate, don't collect the tax in the first place

[@m.d.5788]

Just create a useless jobs and takes more money in tax form people who actually do the real job .

[@basilcarroll9729]

The rebate will help folks fill the 4x4 and the furnace oil tank!

[@cs3818919]

The question the CBC should be asking instead of all this rebate crap is, is the carbon tax reducing emissions? And more importantly, has it affected the global climate in some way. If course the answer to both is, no. Making life more expensive for Canadians while not accomplishing anything for the environment. Poilievre is completely right. It's just a tax plan.

[@MrBrock314]

You won't be able to see the effects of the carbon tax for years - much like climate change. By the time you do, it will be too late.

[@john15008]

Don't be silly. Applying a tax cannot affect global climate. It's supposed to provide an incentive for people to lower their emissions. Want to get back more than you pay? Make choices that reduce your carbon footprint. You can easily look up ways to do this.

[@kevinparker48]

Good for you Sask. "Taking your money is constitutional". I think everyone hates the carbon tax. Home heating? Like staying warm in the coldest country on earth? Hmmm this is one of the many reasons why I left Canada.

[@donnarocha4043]

Pierre Poilievre definitely has my vote, I love common sense. I love Canada 🇨🇦 axe the tax for ALL Canadians.

[@zzappligator]

Increase carbon tax but reduce income tax such that net tax is less overall.

[@mark.polo24]

That's actually a pretty decent idea

[@lizliz4186]

How does that change behaviour tho? Part of the idea is, one can't afford as much therefore ones consumption is reduced.

[@mark.polo24]

@@lizliz4186 except that clearly all this tax has done is cause division amongst Canadians and behavior hasn't changed whatsoever. No matter how much the federal government would love for everybody to sell their ICE vehicles and buy all electric, it's just not feasible for most people (this coming from someone who owns both an all electric and a full gas vehicle) let alone taxes on heating homes

[@bradcanning875]

Or repeal the conservative created GST.

[@kennordsfan1494]

@@lizliz4186Plus when the liberals gave the Maritimes a carbon tax holiday for a fuel that pollutes more than natural gas? Really? If to your point is to change behavior which is a lie, then heating oil shouldn’t have had a reduction!

[@SnowWhite-hr4ho]

Yes they can all provinces should follow suit.

[@MrBrock314]

Not legally they can't. They're free to do it in the same way people are free to steal and murder. You CAN but you'll get in trouble for it.

[@joewinterhalt]

Good job Saskatchewan!

[@john15008]

Because? This could all backfire on them, hurting some of their citizens financially and their protest might not be worth it.

[@joewinterhalt]

Because….everyone should stand up to this tax among others and many other mandated “ideas” If you want to pollute the planet less find the solutions that help not policy’s that destabilize civilization. I wish you well John.

[@john15008]

@@joewinterhalt Destabilize civilization? I think you’re being somewhat melodramatic.

[@aetherfox4404]

@@john15008 We will just leave along with Alberta. Enjoy trying to support Quebec if we go.

[@john15008]

@@aetherfox4404 Adieu!

[@chrisdyck1995]

They can, and they absolutely should. Amd so should every other province. The feds are so out of line we should be flat out ignoring anything they have to say at this point.

[@icantwiththis]

Anytime Jolie Trudeau or Freeland walk into a room, every Canadian should be turning their backs to them completely, and in every situation.

[@jay7T6]

​@icantwiththis Great idea. Will you have a big frown, crossed arms and stomp your feet while you turn your back like a 4 year old?

[@hexxlaxx2992]

​@@jay7T63rdhoe and his minions does the same things in question periods.

[@jay7T6]

@hexxlaxx2992 I know you are but what am I? There. I'll argue on your level

[@hexxlaxx2992]

@@jay7T6 if they can't answer like adults they should be prepared to be treated as children.

[@debturcott6800]

With millions of dollars paid towards carbon tax one would think Canada's footprint should be almost nothing. Maybe if Turdo stopped using private planes all the time our carbon footprint would drop.

[@john15008]

Thank you for showcasing how little you understand carbon pricing. No one ever said it would result in anything close to zero emissions. It provides a financial incentive to emit less by making low emitters financial beneficiaries and penalize those who emit more than their fair share. What's wrong with that, exactly?

[@user-pf1th3jx6y]

It is nothing. There is barely any industry in CAN’Tada and the Boreal Forest more than absorbs what the atmosphere doesn’t exhaust. It actually has a negative carbon footprint and it contributes to the “greening” that is actually helping the planet. That’s not scary though. So, you’ll never hear that from any govt funded scientists. Which are the ONLY scientists that mainstream media is allowed to air.

[@rhetorical1488]

@@john15008 lemme guess 100% safe 100% effective.

[@spring456923]

Come on Canada get together and join the fight against the tax on heating oil and gasoline. We have to put a stop to the madness of our prime minister.

[@jkamarn]

Why do Canadians in British Columbia not get a rebate?

[@Tomyum19]

BC votes conservative. So they dont get favours.

[@oldmanlearningguitar446]

Because BC does not have the federal carbon tax. They have their own provincial carbon tax and they lowered their provincial income tax when they brought that tax in.

[@lizliz4186]

Because BC chose to develop their own plan. Saskatchewan could have done the same but they didn't.

[@idcraw]

BC has a NDP government helping to block 234 in the senate thank Allister Mac Gregor

[@ironhell813]

It’s all about what qc wants since the Quebec act of 1791

[@user-to7ly6zz6k]

One thing we do know after the last 8yrs is that Justin doesn't follow the laws and rules of Canada, sooooo FJT

[@Rick-zw9kp]

If you heat a home with natural gas you pay more than you get back.

[@MrBrock314]

Not generally true. Most Canadians break even on the tax or make money.

[@Rick-zw9kp]

@@MrBrock314 I don't know about anyone else's home but it's true for my small home and I keep the temp at or below 20c

[@ksull8063]

Why didn't the Feds government give other provinces time to switch.

[@malcolmmartin5167]

I personally believe that every province should support Saskatchewan’s

[@m.d.5788]

All provinces should stop paying this taxes! Pierre for PM! As soon as possible!

[@Leakstop247]

'this taxes' Definitely a Conservative

[@Woolverine25]

YES!! They already have stopped collecting the carbon tax!! EVERY province should copy Saskatchewan!!

[@martypitt3319]

Does all provinces has the same minimum wage so what’s the problem here?

[@gbosdet1]

I liked the video but I think there is a lot of confusion about why someone might make a temporary exception for home heating oil specifically. Heating oil is old tech and the people using tend to be poorer, the price has nearly doubled over the past few years, so it costs about 4 times as much to heat your home with heating oil without the carbon tax as it does to heat it with natural gas with the carbon tax. There is still plenty of price pressure for those people to switch their home heating systems and programs to help them do it. That context is important. It was still probably a political decision but its not completely ridiculous and no one with natural gas heating would want to trade places with someone with heating oil.

[@Cballin]

Saskatchewan doesn't get to decide that.

[@fleurettespreen]

All Canadian provinces and territories except Quebec cause they’re not patriotic to Canada should protest with the citizens and not collect the tax.

[@thomascrowe3407]

We have to go according to homesteaders sometimes, people that rely on their own self sufficiency as well. How much of the world is like that? Are we poisoning them?

[@dominic8197]

Good i hope they do this.

[@wickertwm]

If the Federal Government wants to play hard ball Saskatchewan can have a referendum to l;eave the country. I think that the Federal Government does not believe that Provinces will opt out of the country because of their back governance, however I would be happy to see Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. to leave this commonwealth and go on their own. They need us much more than we need them. This worked well for Quebec didn't it?

[@mrf9342]

Carbon tax is just a cash grab. Good luck to Saskatchewan!

[@ah4800]

If Trudeau can somehow avoid jail, so can the crowns

[@teemoerich7442]

You forgot to mention the 2021 judgement was based on the fact that the carbon tax was unilaterally applied to all of Canada except for Quebec, of course, which should have debunked its validity right there and then. I agree with this statement . How does the federal government break its own laws by giving a break to NS and Quebec? that is the question you should look into ....

[@thew9gamergamer8]

the only province can pick and choose is quebec apparently. AXE BILL 96!

[@steverobinson4691]

Maybe Canadians should stopped paying taxes until we're sure Trudeau is out of office let the province is collected keep it for them and then spend it on each of our provinces and that way we know at least it's being spent on stuff we need

[@wildandliving1925]

Province are governments not people so they dont have the same rules

[@catc8233]

Where is Andrew Chang?

[@eddobond76]

Why do you mean get most of money back ,from carbon tax?😊

[@thomascrowe3407]

And what if it was all going into Provincial coffers? Would SASK., Save All Souls Kanada, feel better about charging people then?

[@abhishek090887]

Give me the answer who saves on Carbon Tax. I pay 22c/ l and we have to drive a lot foe work. So about 100l a week. means I pay 22$ / week. means $22x52 = 1104/ year just on gas alone. then is heating then is grocery then on everything else I buy. But I only get 280$ back. how is it even.

[@kenf8378]

The CT in Sask currently is about 14 cents a litre. If you are paying 22 cents, get a new fuel supplier.

[@kaze987]

The only ones who are guaranteed to benefit from this defiance? The lawyers to study the law and argue the cases, and the accountants and actuaries to crunch the numbers. Politicians playing politics = job security

[@FineIChangedItYoutubeDontBeMad]

Right now my dad's benefiting from the 200$ off his monthly bill now

[@gerardleclerc2657]

More rebate to equalizer, just skip the cost to begin with

[@iansuntjenssli9739]

Either or we need this idiocy done

[@maxlipovore]

Go ahead Justin. Charge Scott Moe. Prove your dictatorial instincts. You're really just showing your true colours.

[@ArthurB26]

"Pay the carbon tax and you'll get all your money back in the form of a rebate" Okay then why have the tax? 😂

[@plav032]

Did you watch the video? If you consume less, you pay less, and get the same rebate, so those who live with minimal impact will actually receive more than they spend in taxes. Its to provide incentive to change behavior, whether that's transportation, consumption of goods, improving home energy efficiency, etc.

[@ArthurB26]

@@plav032 "It provides incentive to change behavior, whether that's transportation, consumption of goods, improving home energy efficiency" Sure maybe it provides the incentive but does it make it more feasible for the average Canadian to do any of those things? Change transportation? You mean buy a more eco friendly vehicle? Improve home energy efficieny? You mean switching your homes heating system? How is a $1200 rebate supposed to make that possible? Do you own a vehicle? Do you own a home? Doesn't sound like it 😂 Those two things would cost upwards of $50,000... your little rebate doesn't provide incentive nor the ability to "change behavior".

[@Rick-zw9kp]

​@@plav032so if you're wealthy you don't have to change anything cool

[@basilcarroll9729]

Its always been if you use less you pay less,nothing new there. The rebate will help folks fill the 4x4 and the oil tank!

[@ArthurB26]

@@basilcarroll9729 The goal is to get rid of 4x4s and oil tanks... you realize that, right?

[@ryansutton5904]

Axe the tax now....

[@gerardleclerc2657]

*has to reluctantly abide by

[@biggame3107]

Poilievre carbon tax war is a joke, a few days ago I was in Ottawa ONT, and the price of gas at multiple stations was $1.47 about a km away in the province of Quebec the gas was $1.38, Ford the Ont conservative PM had in previous months removed 5cents of the carbon tax saying he wanted to give his province a break, guess what the big oil companies took that money for themselves. So Poilievre the bad guys here are the big oil companies gouging Canadians it's overcharging us 75 cents a litre. But Poilievre isn't going after big oil companies that would not be good for Alberta the only province he cares about.

[@MrWookie1981]

This argument does not make sense. Why would the big bad oil companies not just raise it in both provinces? Quebec does not have the same carbon tax as Ontario.

[@cornutty]

Carbon tax is everywhere, open your eyes. Farmers will put this cost on us.

[@xpyrox5462]

wow you are clueless hahaha..

[@jeffreyquinn3820]

Just playing devil's advocate here, but the point of the carbon tax is to make certain things more expensive so that we use less of them. Heating oil is already several times the cost of natural gas, and homes that use heating oil were paying several times the carbon tax that homes that use natural gas.

[@MrWookie1981]

As they should since they pollute more. If the point of the tax is get everyone to be greener than the highest polluters should pay more. Not less which is what removing the tax does. It goes against the very point of the tax which means the tax stands for nothing.

[@cornutty]

Tax achieves nothing.

[@gunit6815]

Good on you Premier Moe.

[@shopnstuff8228]

yeah would be nice to stop robbing ppl blind

[@larrychampoux9934]

Carbon taxe is a scam

[@vask9748]

The carbon tax will be gone soon. So it doesn't matter.

[@PlebThinker]

i got 1 rebate it was worthless

[@izbicnohr1102]

So you expect people in saskatchewan to live in condos and move to a cities? Have you ever been to saskatchewan? It is a prarie province...

[@kenf8378]

A large majority of Saskatchewan people live in towns, cities and villages. There are only 23 to 30 thousand farms left, many of those farms have a lot of hired help, but they live mostly in towns. So when were you in Sask. last?

[@JJJohnson441]

Saskatchewan is the hicktown of Canada

[@HumanLanguageByHumans]

Thank God some provinces are waking up and standing up to dictator Trudeau and his abusive policies.

[@lawrencecheung73]

Music to my ears whenever someone gives TRUDY and all his LIEberal Minions the BIG MIDDLE FINGER !!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pauldonovan9713]

If anyone in Saskatchewan doesn't feel like paying any provincial tax ... don't pay it . Mo is setting the example.

[@MrBrock314]

And be prepared to pay the $5000 fine. Maybe the premier of Saskatchewan gets away with it but don't try it on the individual level. You will be crushed.

[@WhiteRaven12773]

well if no one follows the rule they cant arrest every one maybe a few to try and scare us vs criminal but dose not always work

[@kenf8378]

great idea. Next time you go to a gas station, don't pay the full bill, deduct 14 cents a litre and drive away. And good luck with that!

[@ddcc0v0]

So anyone who has to drive to work is paying more than anyone who can sit at home and cook during the zoom call. Guess which job is more important.

[@MrBrock314]

Cooking for your family by far. At a lot of those offices, you're wasting time doing terrible jobs and should really be working from home.

[@rhetorical1488]

@@MrBrock314 your plumber and electrician will work form home and you can do it yourself over zoom. critical thinking was never your strong suit eh?

[@gror7849]

When you favor certain provinces over others and especially in areas where the Lib's are struggling in the polls but have the most MP's (looking at you NL with 6 Lib MP's of a total 7) you can no longer claim that this is a fair decision taken with Canadians in mind because you excluded 70% of us. This was an uninspired political move from a constantly uninspired politician which created just another division among us Canadians! That is the root cause of what SK is trying to do here and I personally fully support them, legal or not! Considering where we are as a nation today due to Trudeau's incompetence, disobedience seems like the only reasonable thing to do. PS: Serve us right for electing an individual only capable of riding his name and who's only job before was a 6 month professorship in which he managed to knock-up a student!

[@MrBrock314]

Your anti-Trudeau bias is showing. Unfortunately, none of your statements are remotely helpful in fighting climate change so you have nothing to offer.

[@iansuntjenssli9739]

What would Central Canada do if the west left?

[@AtteliaVel]

West would lose more then canada . Zero trade deals and i certainaly wouldnt want westerns in canada without checking every inch of there car and trucks for guns . Face it west loses just like uk brezit.

[@annsumner8570]

Western independence. Gawd!

[@j-rocsk]

It’s a joke and we all need to stop paying it on everything.

[@rikro6067]

Get rid of Trudeau (Epstein friend), and the inefficient Carbon Tax that contributes to making Canada unlivable 🤫

[@idcraw]

Who is still in favour of giving the CBC tax dollars ?

[@cornutty]

Can't wait till it's gone. The bias won't be going away until their last day, if anything they'll be amping it up. Narcissism always doubles down.

[@user-cm2py9cs6p]

Hey Doug where are you ?0

[@ddcc0v0]

I love how you use another reporter as if they are an expert, as she sits at home on a Zoom call.

[@Rick-zw9kp]

They use an activist to pose as a reporter who poses as an expert.

[@cornutty]

This media organization needs to shrink from an elephant to a mouse

[@MrBrock314]

That person actually is an expert - read the titles.

[@brandysnaps9221]

Pay carbon tax and you are allowed to keep polluting. Just an added tax

[@Rick-zw9kp]

Carbon is not pollution. You mean emitting.

[@MrWookie1981]

Just like drinking and smoking.

[@Rick-zw9kp]

@@MrWookie1981 heating a home is just like drinking and smoking???

[@MrWookie1981]

@@Rick-zw9kp According to this government, yes. Carbon tax is just another sin tax to force change in your behaviour like drinking and smoking.

[@Rick-zw9kp]

@@MrWookie1981 heating your home is not a sin. Driving to work is not a sin. Carbon is not a sin. Carbon is basic building block for all life on earth.

[@andrewryba7864]

C b c trickle down economics. Don't collect it in the first place. And you don't have to give any back is way better than collect a ton. And give Some back.

[@annumkhosla]

Where is BC premier?? O no.. its NDP.. they probably want to increase the tax😂😂😂😂

[@Lordbalogna]

Rebates... money exchanging hands for no reason. Just stop taking it lol

[@Sam19509]

It is like smoking and drinking. Higher prices change behaviour and if you continue doing it you pay more.

[@Lordbalogna]

@@Sam19509 totally different topic and you're pushing legacy media narratives. Look at the price for records... That's not how human psychology works.

[@NikolaJokerMVP15]

I am sure the government takes much more from the taxpayers via carbon taxation than they give in return via rebates. The thing is many Canadians don't know or understand how much of their expenses goes towards the carbon tax, and when they receive their rebate, they believe they actually gained something. It's just a fraction of the money they already gave going back to them.

[@ArthurB26]

​@@NikolaJokerMVP15 That's politics; give people a couple hundred dollar cheques and they'll vote for you.

[@NikolaJokerMVP15]

@@ArthurB26 Yep

[@user-lj9oi3uk9q]

As a sask resodent i can confirm our bills on heat and electric are down by over 100 a month and inflation has slowed compared to other provinces. Thanks mr moe

[@user72974]

Trudeau's decision to make some peoples' home heating cheaper and not others' was the wrong way to go about this. If you want to help people in Atlantic Canada get off home heating oil and onto more climate friendly home heating, provide rebates for replacing home heating oil systems. Either way, the federal government pays for it (as either lost carbon tax revenue or new rebate cost), but one makes much more sense from the perspective of the public. They could even go beyond home heating oil and also help with rebates for the cost of replacing natural gas home heating systems too.