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