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- Canadian government announces a three-year pause on carbon tax applied to home heating oil in the Atlantic provinces
- Several Canadian premiers demand the same exemption on fossil fuels used for heating homes
- Premiers argue the break is necessary to combat rising prices during an inflationary moment
- Saskatchewan’s premier vows to stop collecting the tax on natural gas and considers halting the levy on other types of fuel
- Nova Scotia’s premier suggests getting rid of the carbon tax and focusing on other initiatives
- Trudeau also unveils a pilot project for free heat pumps and increased carbon-rebate checks in Atlantic Canada
- BC premier urges the federal government to expand the pilot project to British Columbia
- Trudeau’s partial reversal on the carbon price makes him politically vulnerable at the federal level.