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Federal government scales back carbon price rebates for small businesses (www.ctvnews.ca)
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The federal government is cutting the amount of financial relief small businesses will receive from carbon pricing revenues so it can increase the size of the rebate it is providing to rural families.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Because the rural families will definitely take notice…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

This one will, and so will several of the families we know. We're not all anti-mitigation zealots.

Just because we can't afford to do the big ticket stuff like install solar or buy an EV doesn't mean we don't use the money to do what we can.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago

This is effectively more vote buying targeted at Atlantic Canada (and maybe Quebec), because no other rural areas with enough seats to make a difference are going to vote Liberal regardless of what happens