The federal Liberals say booklets Conservative MPs are distributing in their ridings laying out a long list of tax credits Canadians should apply for when they file their taxes have a glaring omission: the new carbon-tax rebate that applies in four provinces.
"That's atrocious," said Liberal Rob Oliphant, who found out about the brochures because one of the constituents in his Toronto riding has a vacation property in the riding of Tory MP Jamie Schmale.
The brochure lists more than 30 tax benefits, from child-care deductions to medical expenses and meal claims for long-haul truck drivers. There is much emphasis on tax credits introduced by the former Conservative government and ones the Liberals eliminated, such as credits for children's arts and sports programs, and for riding public transit. Nowhere at all is the carbon rebate, which can be worth hundreds of dollars, mentioned.
The rebate is the same regardless of income, varying only by province and family size. The average rebate will be $248 in New Brunswick, $300 in Ontario, $336 in Manitoba and $598 in Saskatchewan. The Liberals say most people will get more back from the rebate than they pay in carbon taxes, with only heavy users of fossil fuels seeing losses. They also point to the rebates as proof they aren't trying to make life more expensive, but rather giving people an incentive to reduce energy use, pay less tax, and come out ahead.
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