The Tories estimate this would cost the federal treasury $1.6 billion.
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer holds a press conference in Ottawa on Feb. 27, 2019.
If elected in the October federal election, Scheer says he would offer rebates to Canadians for the five per cent tax charged on all residential home energy, including heating oil, electricity, natural gas, propane, wood pellets and other heating sources.Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says his party will offer Canadians a rebate on the sales tax applied to their home-heating bills.
"Heating your home in winter isn't a luxury for Canadians. It is a necessity," Scheer said."We don't tax other basic necessities like groceries and we shouldn't be taxing home heating."Scheer a vocal opponent of feds' carbon tax
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