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February 03, 2024

Debate Over Carbon Capture Tax Credits, as PBO Estimates They Could Cost $1 Billion More Than Estimated

A new report by the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) says the federal government’s tax credit encouraging companies to invest in carbon capture technology will likely cost more than Ottawa estimated.
The PBO’s Feb. 1 report estimates the cost of the investment tax credit for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) at $5.7 billion for the six years from 2022–23 to 2027–28.
A second PBO report released on the same day, which examined a separate federal tax credit, for investments in clean hydrogen, estimates that it would reduce federal revenues by $5.7 billion over five years, from 2023–24 to 2027–28.
Lumped together, the two investment tax credits could cost more than $11 billion—roughly a billion more than what Ottawa estimated.

One environmental group points out that they could end up costing even more.

“These tax credits are being designed without a ceiling,” said the group Environmental Defence in a Feb. 1 statement. “That means the final cost for Canadian taxpayers could end up being much, much greater.”

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/debate-over-carbon-capture-tax-credits-as-pbo-estimates-they-could-cost-1-billion-more-than-estimated-5579559

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October 07, 2025

Abolish the teachers' unions

Alberta strike cancelling classes across the province shows unions have far too much power
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/carson-jerema-abolish-the-teachers-unions

Tamara & Chris sentenced. The Message is Clear: Dissent is Now a Crime.
Writer: Timothy Knight
Timothy Knight
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Tamara Lich and Chris Barber got 12 months of house arrest today for “mischief.”
Not violence.
Not property damage.
Mischief.

Peaceful Canadians—criminalised for daring to speak out. The same justice system that drops charges for real crimes and lets violent offenders walk free spent three years trying to break two people who stood for freedom.
The Crown had outrageously demanded seven years in jail to make an example out of them.

Why?
To warn you.
To scare anyone who might ever peacefully defy the state again.

Even the judge admitted Chris Barber “came with the noblest of intent” and never called for violence.

But it didn’t matter. They needed bogeymen.

We remember all the others:
Maxime Bernier was handcuffed in Manitoba for speaking at a peaceful rally.
Mark Friesen was fined thousands for organizing gatherings.
Randy Hillier saw convoy charges stayed after years of harassment.
Todd Dube was ...

October 07, 2025
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