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Ottawa exempting rural home heating oil from carbon tax for 3 years, Trudeau says

The government is creating a rural carve-out for the carbon tax on home heating, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.

The government will exempt home heating oil from the tax for three years, double the rural supplement in the rebate program and offer new programs Trudeau said will help rural Canadians switch to electric heat pumps.

“We have to fight climate change in a way that supports all Canadians,” Trudeau told a press conference.

We are lead by a high school student and not a very bright one at that.

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