安省房主愤怒 取暖费的25%竟然是联邦碳税

安省房主愤怒：我家取暖费的25%竟然是联邦碳税

2024年02月14日  加国无忧  谈海

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安省一名女子惊讶地发现，联邦碳税竟然占了她家总供暖费用的近四分之一。

来自安省Thornhill的Marsha Cohen告诉CTV，她对此感到担忧，于是她致电Enbridge以更好地了解各种费用明细。

Cohen说：碳费实际上是一种税收，我可以看到我在这上面被征收了HST，这现在已经成为我的账单的主要部分。我想知道为什么要对我的税收再征税？ Cohen的天然气账单为203.98元。联邦碳税为44.73元，但包括HST在内，总额为50.54元，这几乎占她燃气账单的四分之一。

Cohen说：这简直是毫无人性的剥削，我觉得应该有人来处理这件事，而我正在尽力。

Enbridge告诉Cohen，根据法律，它必须代表联邦政府收取碳税，并表示她如果对此有异议，应联系她选区的国会议员。

安省省长福特反对碳税，并表示如果未来的任何安省政府试图引入碳定价计划，应该进行全民公投。

福特在周二的一项声明中说：这种税收，所有的碳税计划，都是糟糕的。它们从人们口袋里拿走钱，提高了加油站的价格，增加了杂货和家庭供暖账单的费用。它们绝对增加了一切的成本。

加拿大财政部发言人告诉CTV新闻，这种“污染定价”使大多数加拿大人的口袋里多了更多的钱。

发言人说，在2023-24年，安省的一个四口之家通过污染定价补贴获得了976加元的返还。从今年春季开始，居住在农村社区的家庭将看到20％的额外补贴。

据加拿大纳税人联合会（CTF）称，现在，安省的普通房主每年支付的碳税增加了300加元，而且人们不应该为碳税再支付HST。

加拿大纳税人联合会安省主任Jay Goldberg说：我们不应该在税收上再征税。这是完全不公平的。

Goldberg说，考虑到汽油的碳税，安省人支付的金额甚至更多。

Goldberg说：即使在补贴之后，安省的普通家庭今年也因碳税损失了620加元。

碳税将在今年4月和每年4月增加一次，直到2030年为止。

如果你使用天然气，家庭供暖每年支付约300加元的碳费，CTF表示，在未来三年中，这个金额可能会翻3倍，增加到1000加元以上。

Ontario homeowner says federal carbon tax now almost 25% of heating bill

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-homeowner-says-federal-carbon-tax-now-almost-25-of-heating-bill-1.6767969

 

  Pat Foran  CTV News Toronto Consumer Alert Videojournalist

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An Ontario woman was surprised to see the federal carbon tax accounted for nearly a quarter of her total heating bill.

Marsha Cohen, of Thornhill, Ont., told CTV News Toronto she was concerned about it, prompting her to call Enbridge to understand the various charges better.

"The carbon charge is really a tax, and I can see that I'm being charged HST on it, which is now a major part of my bill. I wonder why I'm paying a tax on a tax?" said Cohen.

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Cohen's natural gas bill came out to $203.98. The federal carbon tax was $44.73, but with harmonized sales tax included, it totals $50.54 – nearly 25 per cent of her gas bill.

"It's just unadulterated gouging, and I feel someone should do something about it, and I'm trying my best," said Cohen.

Enbridge told Cohen it is required to collect the carbon tax on behalf of the federal government and instructed her to contact her Member of Parliament if she had an issue with it.

Premier Doug Ford opposes carbon taxes and said there should be a referendum if any future Ontario government tried to bring in a carbon pricing program(opens in a new tab).

"This tax, all carbon tax schemes, they're awful. They take money out of people's pockets, raise the prices at the gas pump, they increase the cost of groceries and your home heating bills. They increase the cost of absolutely everything," Ford said during an announcement Tuesday.

•  READ MORE: Future carbon taxes in Ontario would face referendum, Ontario government announces(opens in a new tab)

A spokesperson for Canada's Department of Finance told CTV News this "price on pollution" lines the majority of Canadians pockets with more money.

"In 2023-24, a family of four in Ontario is receiving $976 back through pollution pricing rebates. And, starting this spring, families living in rural communities will see a 20 per cent top-up," the spokesperson said.

According to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF), the average Ontario homeowner now pays $300 more annually in carbon taxes to heat their home and no one should have to pay HST on the carbon tax.

"There should be no situation where we have to pay a tax on a tax. That is completely unfair," said Jay Goldberg, Ontario Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

•  READ MORE: Carbon pricing in Canada: What it is, what it costs and why you get a rebate(opens in a new tab)

Goldberg said the amount Ontarians pay is even more when considering carbon taxes on gasoline.

"The average Ontario family is losing $620 this year from the carbon tax, even after the rebates," said Goldberg.

The carbon tax is set to increase this April and again every April until 2030.

If you use natural gas and are paying about $300 more in carbon charges to heat your home, the CTF said that amount could jump to more than $1,000 over the next three years.