British Columbia has become the least affordable province in the entire country.
Instead of providing relief and lowering costs for hard-working British Columbians during a worsening affordability crisis, David Eby and his NDP government plan to make life even more unaffordable by tripling the carbon tax. This is on top of the 30 new and increased taxes the NDP has introduced over the last seven years.
The NDP’s assault on affordability doesn’t end there. Months after provincial premiers of all political stripes called for equal carbon tax relief on home heating fuel, David Eby has doubled down on punishing British Columbians.
As part of NDP’s “CostBC” scheme, they will ban natural gas on home heating by 2030, forcing people to choose between freezing in their homes or spending thousands of dollars on expensive electric heat pumps.
Heating our homes is essential, especially here in the Cariboo, and budgets are tighter than ever.
BC United firmly opposes the NDP’s “CostBC” scheme to ban natural gas home heating, and our team has a common sense plan to make life more affordable for British Columbians.
A BC United government will eliminate the carbon tax on home heating fuels. Heating your home is not a choice and eliminating this tax will ensure affordable home heating across the province.
Secondly, we will permanently eliminate the provincial gas tax, which will save drivers up to $30 every time they fill their tanks. People in the Cariboo need to drive to get to work and drop their kids off at school and should not be punished for this unavoidable cost.
We would cancel David Eby’s plan to triple the carbon tax, and if decision-makers in Ottawa choose to scrap the federal carbon tax, we will remove it in B.C. as well, ensuring that our province does not fall behind the rest of Canada.
Only BC United has a common sense plan to deliver real affordability to British Columbia.
