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Honestly, this is a good thing.
The Maritimes are poor enough as it is.
I've been told this is how the Maritimes heat homes.
I’m in the maritimes and probably about 60% or more of people around where I live use heat pumps instead of heating oil.
Huge nuisance paying a guy to bring his truck every now and then to top up the tank outside the house.
My mini split keeps the basement warm all winter long through -30 without issue.
A lot of rural Ontario as well. My house is on oil, and while we could switch to propane it's prohibitively expensive.
Pandering. There is only one atmosphere.
This always should have been the case. Even if you "get it back" come tax time, life is getting expensive the point you can't necessarily wait until tax time and also you're giving massive opportunity to the "loons" to scream government conspiracy
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Surrounded by Liberal MPs from Atlantic Canada, Trudeau said the policy is geared toward that region, where 30 per cent of homeowners still use furnace oil to heat their homes.
Last year, the government earmarked $250 million for provinces and territories to help low-income households make the switch from fossil fuels to other sources.
NDP MPs Laurel Collins and Charlie Angus issued a joint statement on Thursday accusing the prime minister of only being concerned about his party's political fortunes in Atlantic Canada.
The Liberals have enjoyed healthy support in Atlantic Canada since 2015, but McDonald warned the party would lose seats in the next federal election if the government didn't do something on the carbon tax.
Last year, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey, a Liberal, wrote a letter to the federal government calling for an exemption for home heating oil.
"I am glad the prime minister has listened and recognizes the impacts of carbon tax on our region, as he has taken a positive step towards helping Atlantic Canadians with affordability," Furey said in a media statement.
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Good. Fuck Conservatives