British Columbia Premier David Eby expresses his dissatisfaction with the federal relief on heating bills that excludes B.C. while benefiting Atlantic Canada. Eby argues for equal treatment and calls for a heat-pump rebate to be made available in B.C.
British Columbia Premier David Eby says it's unfair that Atlantic Canada is being targeted for federal relief on heating bills that won't apply to B.C., after Ottawa announced a three-year pause on carbon pricing for home fuel oil .
British Columbia, Quebec and the Northwest Territories are excluded because they collect their own fuel tax. He told an unrelated news conference in Victoria on Monday that a proposed heat-pump rebate that is being piloted in Atlantic Canada should also be made available in B.C. B.C. introduced its own carbon tax in 2008, which now amounts to almost 17 cents per litre on light fuel, including home heating oil.
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