What is the actual benefit from federal carbon taxes

By Lethbridge Herald on October 19, 2022.

Editor:

On April 1, Justin Trudeau and all of the MPs and senators got a raise of 6.1 per cent. For Trudeau, that meant an increase of $21,604 per year (more than some people make in an entire year). 

This increase is to adjust for rising living costs.

Average wages for workers increased by 3.77 per cent. The major cost increases were for housing, utilities, food and transportation. 

We (the taxpayer) pay all of those costs for Trudeau, we pay the bills and he gets the cash (we pay twice). 

When the federal carbon tax was imposed on Alberta in 2020, the amount was based on $30 per ton of emissions and the rebate to an Alberta couple was $666.

 In 2021, the tax increased to $40 per ton (a 33 per cent increase while the rebate increased to $735 (10 per cent increase). 

For 2022 the tax is now based on $50 per ton (25 per cent increase) and the rebate increased to $809 (10 per cent increase). Yet supposedly 80 per cent of us get back in rebates more than what we pay. 

Both Canada and the U.S. in the past pledged to reduce there emissions by 2020 to 17 per cent less than our 2007 emissions. After four years of anti-green Donald Trump, U.S. emissions declined by 20 per cent, beating their target. After five years of Justin Trudeau plus a carbon tax Canada’s emissions were basically unchanged. So who has really benefitted from inflation and carbon taxes? 

Jack Derksen

Coaldale