Elaboration on end of industrial carbon tax in Saskatchewan – or is it the end?
It turns out the feds get a vote.
The Pipeline Online Podcast will feature Andrew Scheer today, Monday, March 31 at 1 p.m. SK time. The carbon tax will surely be part of the discussion.
You can watch live here:
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I applaud Moe for trying, but we all know how it will play out if Liberals are re-elected.
They’ll (re)impose the federal industrial carbon tax on SK businesses; they won’t pause for a moment doing this. SK will try to challenge it in court. They’ll lose. SK may try withholding payment of said tax from its Crown businesses as a protest. Feds will start withholding federal transfer payments to SK and simultaneously investigate how they might simply take the money owed directly from SK government accounts (constitutionally quite dangerous I think, but feds won’t care). SK will howl. AB will, surely/hopefully, stand with SK. Feds will dismiss them as lawbreakers, tax cheats, in the pockets of O&G, etc.
If & when feds successfully financially punish SK for doing this, it would mark a significant escalation in tensions between SK+AB and feds. I won’t try to project beyond that.
I’m enjoying your collaborations and interviews with thoughtful western female politicians. Andy fits this mould perfectly.
Keep up the good work.
Sask power is a provincial crown, is it not? C’mon Premier Moe, put on your big boy pants and scrap it. F*ck the Feds. People will support you 1,000%. Make em try.
*linkedin*
Anyone who links to or publishes on linkedin – please do f*ck off
Clearly you are not in business. My website is largely a business publication.
Thanks Premier Moe for defending Saskatchewan against federal overreach.
We will not comply with the tyranny.
If they impose the carbon tax we’ll hold a referendum.