Dear Editor:
I just received the last instalment of the $672 carbon rebate for 2024.
Back in 2019, the carbon tax encouraged me to reduce my carbon footprint. Before making the changes, I was emitting 7.6 tonnes of CO2 per year from heating, car and electricity. Having completed the changes, I released only 1.15 tonnes of CO2 last year.
So, the carbon tax at $80 per tonne cost me $92, leaving me $580 of the rebate. I have accumulated further savings, since I started making the changes, of over $10,600 through burning less fossil fuel, using less electricity and of course keeping more of the rebate.
Like most of us, I got back more from the rebate than I paid in carbon tax. An exception would be farmers who have to use propane to dry corn. The government should provide them some financial relief, or even better, encourage propane producers to lower their profit margin.
Pierre Poilievre wants to take the carbon rebate away from not only me but also the people who use transit or don’t own a car, and especially older people who rely on the rebate to pay for rent, food and transit.
I’m guessing Poilievre and his rich friends don’t like that the carbon tax they pay for their extravagant fossil-fuel lifestyle, supports the rebate for the rest of us.
Please, don’t axe the tax!
Ron Moore,
Hillsburgh