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Canada has done this and Conservatives are livid. Our federal government has wasted so much time and energy trying to communicate how most people (80% is the official figure) come out ahead. We have Conservative premiers full on revolting against the tax with one province actually refusing to pay the owed amount.
I'm really trying to stay positive and not "us vs them" with Conservatives, but it's increasingly frustrating. Facts truly do not seem to matter to them, they hear the price of gas is going up 3 cents and their conclusion is that our PM is greedy and somehow hoarding this money for his own gain. The fact that the money goes back to them is irrelevant.
We are on the path to electing a populist conservative who is openly anti-trans, it's fucking depressing. Oh and he's also opposed to a change in how capital gains are taxed that effects 0.13% of the richest Canadians a year, but somehow he's "for the people". Fuck everything.
Yes, you can always count on the right-wing to oppose all progress, with help from everyone's favorite propogandist petrostate. What's wild though is over half of Canadians don't even realize they are getting a rebate! [0] Clearly whatever people's opinions on the policy are, they aren't driven by reality.
[0] https://abacusdata.ca/carbon-tax-pollution-pricing-carbon-action-incentive-payment-abacus-data-polling/