GuelphToday received the following letter to the editor from Stan Kozak:
We just received our first 2025 carbon tax rebate of $210. Is it the last? I don’t know, but this much I know to be true.
Billions of people using fossil fuels produces a lot of pollution. That pollution results in polluted air, smog, enhanced firestorms and flooding to name a few impacts. The costs for us all are already horrendous, and it will only get worse unless we reduce that pollution.
Alternatives to fossil fuels exist and are expanding rapidly.
Canada and other countries have chosen to help that shift with a carbon pollution tax. It fits with our history of making polluters pay.
And in Canada the carbon tax comes with a rebate so that those who pollute more pay more. Lower users come out better financially.
The fossil fuel industry are doing their best to keep things the way they are. It’s their greed over Canada’s need.
Some politicians support greed of the few over the needs of the many. In the US that’s Trump. In Canada its Poilievre and Ford.
Unfortunately, this may be the last carbon tax rebate we receive. But at least I understand how we got here.
Stan Kozak
Guelph
