Western Standard - November 30, 2023


Sask gov’t to stop collecting carbon tax on home electric heating


Episode Stats


Length

48 seconds

Words per minute

197.77502

Word count

160

Sentence count

7


Summary

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SaskPower will no longer be collecting the carbon tax on electric heat in Saskatchewan starting January 1st, 2019. The government will determine who is heating their homes with electricity and then estimate the percentage of their power bill that is being used for that heat.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Our government was able to make the decision to stop collecting the carbon tax on natural gas
00:00:04.180 because you, Saskatchewan people, own the natural gas utility, SaskEnergy.
00:00:09.180 Well, we also own the electrical utility, and that's why our government has decided that
00:00:13.620 SaskPower will also stop collecting the carbon tax on electric heat effective January the 1st.
00:00:19.560 We are going to need to determine who is heating their home with electricity
00:00:22.500 and then estimate the percentage of their power bill that is being used for that heat.
00:00:27.280 But those are details, and we will get that all worked out.
00:00:29.580 The main thing is this.
00:00:30.940 Your government has listened to Jim, who has listened to the people that he represents across this province,
00:00:36.180 and we will now be extending the provincial carbon tax exemption to everyone in Saskatchewan who uses electric heat.
00:00:42.640 If the federal government isn't going to provide carbon tax fairness to families,
00:00:46.840 your Saskatchewan party government will.