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Witold Dzielski, Poland’s Ambassador to Canada says the quiet part out loud 🤫 Canadian natural gas goes to the US at a massive discount and then gets flipped to Poland at “much higher price” What an embarrassment, he even can’t help but chuckle at us @cbcwatcher @PnPCBC

@JeffreyLuscombe No, but this does fraserinstitute.org/commentary/car…

Apparently this gets Conservative’s blood boiling.

@elevatereport What do you mean? The big polluters will pay, and take the amounts out of their margins because of the good Canadian companies they are ❤️

Tomorrow the industrial carbon tax is set to increase again. I’m in tears because I have never felt more proud to be Canadian in my life. Tax me harder daddy ❤️

Absolutely right. How about we build some pipelines first so we can afford luxuries like this?

@jkenney Exactly Order of operations We’ve already blown enough taxpayer dollars with the Liberal failed EV transition We have a $78b deficit, that likely isn’t going down anytime soon, we don’t need to add to that when interest is bleeding our public purse dry

@OstideBonVivant @stevenmackinnon @univrsle Are there projects getting built outside of my echo chamber? Am I mistaken? Or does the same reality exist in your echo chamber as it does in my echo chamber? You can point to polling all you want, doesn’t mean Canadians participating in polls are well-informed

@ZaickRyan @stevenmackinnon @univrsle This is the reality bud. You might want to get out of your echo chamber.

Pierre Poilievre, once again, is showing Canadians that he has no vision to create jobs and grow the economy.   For decades, Canadians have advocated for a modern, fast, inter-city rail network. Alto is a generational investment that will transform travel and connect communities. It will boost GDP by $35 billion annually, create over 51,000 well-paying jobs, and help Canadians work, study, and travel more efficiently.   Pierre Poilievre is turning his back on Canadians from Quebec City to Toronto and the communities in between. Investing in High-Speed Rail means building a more connected, competitive Canada, and proves Canada can get big things done.   The Conservatives, as usual, think small. Turning away from nation-building investments is the wrong choice, and one Canadians reject at a time when we need to build and grow.

@purrlitics Just because GST/HST doesn’t apply to groceries, doesn’t mean that other taxes don’t impact the price of groceries Thinking otherwise is naive, or just gaslighting if you already know it is true

Sounds like an NDP policy... Wab did this in Manitoba. Also, most groceries aren't taxed, it's only packaged goods.

@CoopTory @purrlitics Apples to oranges The railway was new infrastructure that opened markets across the country and to the coasts This high-speed rail project is dead on arrival, just look at California We need to deregulate so that the private sector can build pipelines, to access new markets

Conservatives in 1867: We will do whatever it takes to build a railway from coast to coast, through muskegs and mountains to unify this country. Conservatives in 2026: We will fight tooth and nail against building a railway on flat land that would connect ~50% of population.

@SpencerFernando @univrsle Any ability to take risk and do things that haven’t been done before have gone out the window with those battery plants We need to do what is tried and true to build pipelines, we have companies that are good at building them, and the business case couldn’t be more clear

@SpencerFernando @univrsle It’s official, Spencer has lost it The former liberal government thought big transitioning from fossil fuels to electric cars through mandates, subsidies, and unrealistic expectations It failed exceptionally Why let them do it again with our tax dollars? Fool me once

It’s called CANada, not CAN’Tada. We need to think big.

@univrsle @ambermac Except you are oddly requiring the businesses to do something they aren’t going to do - you have no say, you aren’t on the board I’m asking for the government to do something that they are elected to do, is to represent the people and make life better for their citizens

@ZaickRyan @ambermac The cost of doing business is the cost of doing business, if they pass it on to consumers then that's our bad for not demanding better......but either way? you will pay. As I said at the outset, it's the cost of doing business like it or not given it's a condition of trade

Yes, I've been hit with the woke mind virus. Wish me well! I've heard that this means I love Joni Mitchell, listen to The Beaches, and gasp, I'm vaccinated! Plus, I clearly have a soft spot for world bankers and the WEF.

@univrsle @ambermac Higher taxes are always going to get passed on, you don’t need a lobbyist or social media influencer to explain Yet you think this status quo of climate taxes being passed down is acceptable because we are paying “exactly what we need to pay” You actually believe this nonsense

@ZaickRyan @ambermac Yes, it's capitalism and yes they are accountable to boards, that why they hire lobbyists, social media influencers and try to create dissent....to ensure that more profit for them is paid for by you, one way or another.

@univrsle @ambermac It’s called capitalism, those corporations are accountable to their boards They aren’t going to just have the tax eat into their margins, when they can just pass it onto the consumer And YOU ARE paying for it, by choice, through your vote 🤷‍♂️

@ZaickRyan @ambermac You still don't get it....business has convinced you that THEY don't need to mitigate for carbon emissions and IF they have to pay for what should be the cost of doing business YOU will pay for it and that there's a choice.

@SPhillipsAB And how much of Canada Post’s current budget/mandate is specific to northern/remote/indigenous communities Ms. Phillips?

This perspective grossly underestimates the importance of Canada Post to Canada’s northern/remote communities and indigenous communities in particular. For those in Inuit Nunangat, Canada Post is more than just “businesses.” It’s the entire economy. cbc.ca/news/indigenou…

@univrsle @ambermac That is a wild response, I must say We absolutely are, the fact that you’ve been convinced otherwise is surprising So your opinion shouldn’t matter? Just go with the popular opinion? Just accept that life in Canada can’t instantly be more affordable with repealing these taxes?

@ZaickRyan @ambermac It doesn't matter what think, it matters what's true. We aren't paying more taxes than other countries....we are paying exactly what we should & what we tolerate when business doesn't meet standards for climate mitigation. The solution isn't do nothing...cause that isn't possible

@univrsle @ambermac You didn’t answer I believe in science too, as many people do, but I don’t believe we should be paying more taxes than other countries when our country is in the middle of a cost of living crisis that our government made exponentially worse post-covid

@ZaickRyan @ambermac I believe in the science, I don't believe in the bloated hyperbole of partisans who will insist that ensuring business doesn't pay anything for their failure to upgrade means they won't. Someone has to pay business will ensure it's you as long as you help like this.

@univrsle @ambermac So you must believe the Climate institute (funded by govt) nonsense that the industrial carbon tax is paid by producers and they don’t increase the price for the products they produce right? That’s a myth?

@ZaickRyan @ambermac Yeah.....this is the myth, but not the reality. Climate change exists, climate change mitigation that demands industry keep pace is required.

@univrsle @ambermac And there are common sense to things like water pollution, where technology has advanced incredibly over the years for things like mining Climate action has turned into a green grift for people like Carney and his friends to make money It’s no longer about the environment

@univrsle @ambermac So it is part of CUSMA? Where we have like 78% of our trade? And in my world, no one should pay for it, the climate changes, let it change Of course we don’t want things like smog or air pollution in our cities, but we can mitigate that without self-imposed taxes