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| Skeena MLA Ellis Ross shares some notes in a video on the BC United program on affordability in the province |
Skeena MLA Ellis Ross appears to be one of the key members of the BC United Party when it comes to speaking out on the Party's concerns over Carbon Taxes and the impact on affordability for British Columbians.
As we outlined yesterday, the MLA had one of the highlight spots in the Chamber this week, to raise issues related to the Carbon Tax and the rising cost of living in the province.
On Wednesday the MLA had taken the Carbon Tax push back to Question Period with a number of questions for the Government.
Coming out of his appearances in the House, Mr. Ross took his message next to social media, relaying more details on the BC United program towards the Carbon Tax and other areas of household finances.
The Video seemingly taking some pages from the current Federal Conservative campaign on Carbon Taxes; that push owing to some recent moves by the Trudeau Liberals to reduce the impact of the tax on Atlantic Canada but not the rest of the nation.
In his commentary for his video, Ross notes of the BC United Caucus plan to reduce the impact for British Columbians, with the focus for the MLA on the elimination of the cost for heating homes.
As was noted, the plan has four key elements including the focus on home heating costs, the full four point program the BC United would put in place looks as follows:
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The full BC United plan can be reviewed here.
As the Skeena MLA notes on his social media stream, BC United leader Kevin Falcon has plans for a trip to the Northwest on Monday.
No schedule has been made public as of yet, so there's no indication from the BC United North Coast riding association if Mr. Falcon will bring his carbon tax reduction themes to the Prince Rupert area.
More notes from the Legislature can be reviewed here.
With respect, the carbon tax exemption for home heating oil will apply to all rural areas that are under the federal program, not just to Atlantic Canada. There has been a lot of misinformation around that point. BC, Quebec and NWT are not affected because they each have their own climate action programs. A backgrounder can be found on the federal Department of Finance site.
ReplyDeleteWhat is different in Atlantic Canada is that Nova Scotia, PEI and Newfoundland and Labrador have entered into agreements with the federal government to provide incentives to switch from oil to electric heat pumps. The federal government has offered to enter into similar discussions with other provinces and territories. Jonathan Wilkenson has commented that the BC government has expressed interest in working with the feds to phase out expensive and very polluting home heating oil in rural areas.
The issue otherwise seems to be mired in ideological discussions over perceptions of fairness. It is unfair, we are told, to help rural people who are most in need because they have to pay for expensive, dirty heating oil, but not people in urban areas who pay much less for relatively clean natural gas heat.
Mr Singh's alliance with the Poilievre far right on this issue is very disappointing. The federal NDP won't be getting my vote next time.
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