Premier Dennis King says years of advocating have paid off. He was responding to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement Thursday of a temporary three-year pause to carbon pricing measures on heating oil, beginning in two weeks. Trudeau also announced that the federal government will be doubling the top-up to the carbon price rebate for rural Canadians, beginning next April. King says it’s welcome news, saying they’ve long been calling on the federal government to listen to Atlantic Canadians about the disproportionate impact that the Carbon Tax has on our region and rural Canadians. King says it will help Islanders reduce the cost of heating their homes. The federal government says the change will mean households that use heating oil would save about 250-dollars on average.
