安省房主憤怒 取暖費的25%竟然是聯邦碳稅

安省房主憤怒：我家取暖費的25%竟然是聯邦碳稅

2024年02月14日  加國無憂  談海

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安省一名女子驚訝地發現，聯邦碳稅竟然占了她家總供暖費用的近四分之一。

來自安省Thornhill的Marsha Cohen告訴CTV，她對此感到擔憂，於是她致電Enbridge以更好地了解各種費用明細。

Cohen說：碳費實際上是一種稅收，我可以看到我在這上麵被征收了HST，這現在已經成為我的賬單的主要部分。我想知道為什麽要對我的稅收再征稅？ Cohen的天然氣賬單為203.98元。聯邦碳稅為44.73元，但包括HST在內，總額為50.54元，這幾乎占她燃氣賬單的四分之一。

Cohen說：這簡直是毫無人性的剝削，我覺得應該有人來處理這件事，而我正在盡力。

Enbridge告訴Cohen，根據法律，它必須代表聯邦政府收取碳稅，並表示她如果對此有異議，應聯係她選區的國會議員。

安省省長福特反對碳稅，並表示如果未來的任何安省政府試圖引入碳定價計劃，應該進行全民公投。

福特在周二的一項聲明中說：這種稅收，所有的碳稅計劃，都是糟糕的。它們從人們口袋裏拿走錢，提高了加油站的價格，增加了雜貨和家庭供暖賬單的費用。它們絕對增加了一切的成本。

加拿大財政部發言人告訴CTV新聞，這種“汙染定價”使大多數加拿大人的口袋裏多了更多的錢。

發言人說，在2023-24年，安省的一個四口之家通過汙染定價補貼獲得了976加元的返還。從今年春季開始，居住在農村社區的家庭將看到20％的額外補貼。

據加拿大納稅人聯合會（CTF）稱，現在，安省的普通房主每年支付的碳稅增加了300加元，而且人們不應該為碳稅再支付HST。

加拿大納稅人聯合會安省主任Jay Goldberg說：我們不應該在稅收上再征稅。這是完全不公平的。

Goldberg說，考慮到汽油的碳稅，安省人支付的金額甚至更多。

Goldberg說：即使在補貼之後，安省的普通家庭今年也因碳稅損失了620加元。

碳稅將在今年4月和每年4月增加一次，直到2030年為止。

如果你使用天然氣，家庭供暖每年支付約300加元的碳費，CTF表示，在未來三年中，這個金額可能會翻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.