Attitude on carbon tax rebate defined by politics, not facts, survey suggests

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Rebates on carbon taxes haven't helped Canadians warm to them, a new survey suggests. Results published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change say that not only did rebates fail to make much difference to public opinion, Canadians don't understand them very well.

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Results published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change say that not only did rebates fail to make much difference to public opinion, Canadians don't understand them very well.

"Canada was one of the first two countries to do that," Harrison said. "There was an opportunity to systematically check what was the impact of the policy." When researchers showed the respondents the true value of their rebate, a simple calculation that requires no tax data, the results again split over political affiliation.

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I like my rebate!

Oh no, tax policy has become politicized!

Lol these paid for articles are so obvious. Give it a rest.

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