Sask. Premier Responds to Guilbeault Calling Him ‘Immoral’ Over Carbon Tax Payment Refusal

Premier Scott Moe has defended his government’s decision not to remit the carbon tax on home heating for Saskatchewan residents after the federal environment minister called the move “immoral.” “Apparently, it’s ‘immoral’ to give Saskatchewan families the same carbon tax break on the home heating that Trudeau gave Atlantic Canada,” Mr. Moe said on platform X, formerly Twitter. “By the way, the carbon tax exemption for Saskatchewan families was passed unanimously in the SK Legislature,” he added. Premier Moe’s government stopped collecting the carbon tax on home heating as of Jan. 1 in response to the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing a pause on the tax for home heating oil, a move that largely benefits Atlantic Canada. Mr. Moe argues natural gas used for home heating should also be exempt from the carbon tax....