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Almost a guarantee a beautiful weather, or as close to a guarantee as you can get!!!
Some exceptions, etc…Regina residents, then a community of 30,000 (in 1912) had festooned the city with 1,000 flags in preparation for Dominion Day (now called Canada Day).
At about 4:50 pm local time, the clouds that had been gathering slowly and silently south of the city transformed into a fast moving storm. The storm brought rain, hail and tremendous winds. The tornado formed about 18 km south of Regina and made its way through several farms before travelling north through the city.
While the tornado was only on the ground for about six minutes, and was likely only about 150 m wide, it carved a path of destruction ranging from 300 to 400 m in width and about nine city blocks in length. Those standing just outside the affected region were able to watch the destruction in relative safety.
The Regina Cyclone killed 28 people and left about 300 injured. In addition, about 2,500 people were left homeless and about 500 of the city’s buildings, many of which had only recently been completed, were destroyed. That the tornado was accompanied by torrential rain and hail likely saved many buildings from being ruined by the fires that started in the wake of the storm.
Among the prominent buildings damaged or destroyed by the tornado were the government telephone exchange, the Canadian Pacific Railway Freight Depot, the Metropolitan Methodist Church, the Knox Presbyterian Church, the YMCA and YWCA, as well as the city’s brand new central library, which had opened just six weeks before the storm. Estimates of the property damage caused by the tornado range from $1.2 million to $5 million (approximately $30.5 million to $128 million in 2022 dollars).
Regina Cyclone
The Regina Cyclone was an F4-scale tornado that struck Regina, Saskatchewan on 30 June 1912. It is generally considered the deadliest tornado in Canadian hist...
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
On Smith Street, houses on the west side were unaffected to the extent that potted plants on open verandas were not even blown over. The houses on the east side of the street were reduced to rubble.The Beelby family, at 2354 Smith Street, took refuge in their attic. The cyclone neatly tore if off the house and carried it with all its inhabitants over one hundred and fifty feet and deposited it in a neighbour’s yard. None of the Beelbys, who climbed out a window, was hurt.
After destroying hundreds of houses as it rolled up Lorne Street, the cyclone destroyed Knox Presbyterian and the Metropolitan Methodist churches and tore the cupola off the Baptist church. Then the Regina Public Library, which had opened only one month earlier, had its roof taken off.
Regina's Day of Wrath: The Killer Cyclone of 1912 - Canada's History
According to meteorologists, the storm that hit the city was a tornado. In Regina, it has always been popularly known as "the cyclone."
Alerted by telegraph from Winnipeg — all the functioning lines from Regina led cast — the first relief from outside was a train from Moose Jaw that arrived at the Exhibition Grounds around 7:15 P.M., loaded with doctors, nurses and medical supplies. A train from Winnipeg arrived early the next morning.
One of the first groups to respond to the need for financial assistance was a visiting American theatrical troupe, the Albini-Avolo Company, who were performing at the Regina Theatre. The troupe included a then-unknown Boris Karloff.
Before the cyclone hit, Regina had been readying itself for the next day’s Dominion Day celebrations. After it, late in the evening, the Mayor, Peter McAra, issued a proclamation, “In view of the terrible happenings of today, I deem it my duty to declare all [celebrations] indefinitely postponed; I also request that all the bars of the city hotels remain closed for the day.”
The mayor’s order was duly carried out and 1912 became the only year in Regina’s history with no Dominion Day celebrations.
Today they figure that Tornado was an F4. Today is a beautiful day with no clouds & no wind.
perhaps, if the carbon taxes were in effect back then, maybe this wouldn't have happened.Almost a guarantee a beautiful weather, or as close to a guarantee as you can get!!!
Some exceptions, etc…Regina residents, then a community of 30,000 (in 1912) had festooned the city with 1,000 flags in preparation for Dominion Day (now called Canada Day).
At about 4:50 pm local time, the clouds that had been gathering slowly and silently south of the city transformed into a fast moving storm. The storm brought rain, hail and tremendous winds. The tornado formed about 18 km south of Regina and made its way through several farms before travelling north through the city.
While the tornado was only on the ground for about six minutes, and was likely only about 150 m wide, it carved a path of destruction ranging from 300 to 400 m in width and about nine city blocks in length. Those standing just outside the affected region were able to watch the destruction in relative safety.
View attachment 18622The Regina Cyclone killed 28 people and left about 300 injured. In addition, about 2,500 people were left homeless and about 500 of the city’s buildings, many of which had only recently been completed, were destroyed. That the tornado was accompanied by torrential rain and hail likely saved many buildings from being ruined by the fires that started in the wake of the storm.
View attachment 18623Among the prominent buildings damaged or destroyed by the tornado were the government telephone exchange, the Canadian Pacific Railway Freight Depot, the Metropolitan Methodist Church, the Knox Presbyterian Church, the YMCA and YWCA, as well as the city’s brand new central library, which had opened just six weeks before the storm. Estimates of the property damage caused by the tornado range from $1.2 million to $5 million (approximately $30.5 million to $128 million in 2022 dollars).
View attachment 18624On Smith Street, houses on the west side were unaffected to the extent that potted plants on open verandas were not even blown over. The houses on the east side of the street were reduced to rubble.Regina Cyclone
The Regina Cyclone was an F4-scale tornado that struck Regina, Saskatchewan on 30 June 1912. It is generally considered the deadliest tornado in Canadian hist...
The Beelby family, at 2354 Smith Street, took refuge in their attic. The cyclone neatly tore if off the house and carried it with all its inhabitants over one hundred and fifty feet and deposited it in a neighbour’s yard. None of the Beelbys, who climbed out a window, was hurt.
After destroying hundreds of houses as it rolled up Lorne Street, the cyclone destroyed Knox Presbyterian and the Metropolitan Methodist churches and tore the cupola off the Baptist church. Then the Regina Public Library, which had opened only one month earlier, had its roof taken off.
Regina's Day of Wrath: The Killer Cyclone of 1912 - Canada's History
According to meteorologists, the storm that hit the city was a tornado. In Regina, it has always been popularly known as "the cyclone."www.canadashistory.ca
Alerted by telegraph from Winnipeg — all the functioning lines from Regina led cast — the first relief from outside was a train from Moose Jaw that arrived at the Exhibition Grounds around 7:15 P.M., loaded with doctors, nurses and medical supplies. A train from Winnipeg arrived early the next morning.
One of the first groups to respond to the need for financial assistance was a visiting American theatrical troupe, the Albini-Avolo Company, who were performing at the Regina Theatre. The troupe included a then-unknown Boris Karloff.
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Before the cyclone hit, Regina had been readying itself for the next day’s Dominion Day celebrations. After it, late in the evening, the Mayor, Peter McAra, issued a proclamation, “In view of the terrible happenings of today, I deem it my duty to declare all [celebrations] indefinitely postponed; I also request that all the bars of the city hotels remain closed for the day.”
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The mayor’s order was duly carried out and 1912 became the only year in Regina’s history with no Dominion Day celebrations.
Today they figure that Tornado was an F4. Today is a beautiful day with no clouds & no wind.
Saw this and instantly thought Blackie would disapprove.
It was a beautiful day here too!! Couple hundred raindrops (huge raindrops) from a cloudless sky somehow…which was neat. Absolutely gorgeous!!!
After my Girlfriend got back from the beach with the Grandkids last night, we watched a couple of movies out on the deck. Awesomeness….
Rather than change national anthem, maybe change the government
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published Jul 01, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 4 minute read
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may not be open to holding a public inquiry into communist Chinese interference into Canadian democracy but he is open to is changing the country’s national anthem.
And he chose Canada Day to announce this.
“I’m open to the changes that Canadians want to see,” Trudeau told the CBC in Ottawa as the country celebrated its 156th birthday.
The assertion came after questions from CBC reporter Catherine Cullin who asked about the alteration of the lyrics by singer Jully Black at the NBA All-Star game in Salt Lake City in February where she arbitrarily replaced “our home and native land” with “home on native land.”
Trudeau said the “anthem changed many times over decades in a lot of different ways” and “I look forward to talking with Indigenous Canadians about how they feel the anthem could or might change. I want to talk with a lot of Canadians.”
So, instead of trying to find out about communist party Chinese operatives trying to influence our elections, Trudeau chose the very national holiday celebrating Canada to announce a process to look into changing O Canada.
The NDP and Toronto’s newly-elected mayor, who takes office July 12, attended an event at Toronto City Hall to commemorate what Chow in a tweet said was “Chinese People’s Railroad Day to remember over 17,000 Chinese men who built Canada’s national railway – 4000 of whom lost their lives in the process.”
Chow also tweeted she encourages “Torontonians to learn about Canada’s history and our responsibilities of treaty people.”
While worthy issues, they were such a downer to talk about on Canada Day – especially since Canada has done a lot more good in the world for people from all over the world than it has ever done bad.
No one or no nation is perfect, but Canada has apologized for past wrongs. Our leaders did not allow the country one day – on its birthday – to be proud of being Canadian. Instead, they pushed division and change. It’s not new. In past years, Canada has seen its first prime minister Sir John Macdonald’s statues torn down in most cities – including his hometown of Kingston – and his name taken off of schools, highways and currency.
Top educators like Egerton Ryerson and James McGill have also faced a similar fate. Even Queen Victoria statues have been vandalized.
The Sir John A. MacDonald statute has been boarded up since being vandalized during a protest at Queen's Park on Aug. 31 of 2020. It now has three plaques on it explaining why it is boarded and what might be done in the future on Friday, March 5, 2021.
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With the exception of one person running for mayor, this street sign will come down before the drug injection site in downtown Toronto. Anthony has promised Dundas Street will not be renamed if he's elected Monday -- Joe Warmington photo
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Work crews remove a statue of Canada's first prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald from City Park in downtown Kingston, Ont., where it has stood since 1895, on Friday, June 18, 2021.
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Soon there will be the multi-million mission to remove all of the Dundas Street road signs in Toronto, over unfounded and disputed allegations of racism against Scotsman Henry Dundas who died 212 years ago.
It’s ridiculous that a country’s leaders tear down the very foundation of a wonderful nation. But what is even more offensive is how few stand up to the rewriters of history.
While it still is a free country, if the Prime Minister is free to go on the national public network paid for by taxpayers and say he’s going to consult about altering the anthem, this columnist is free to say leave the anthem alone and don’t change one word of it.
And put back all of those statues of our forefathers too. They are historical Canadian figures and no free country rewrites its past or its glory or shame at the whims of a pop star or a prime minister who has made historical errors himself. Nobody is perfect now and no one was perfect.
“Canada may have its challenges but we are a nation that rises above many others,” said Toronto MP Kevin Vuong, who was one of the few politicians pushing back Saturday. “We have much to be proud of and must not let our issues overshadow our achievements. Let’s learn from the past – not seek to erase it – and move forward as a nation.”
Independent MP Kevin Vuong (Spadina-Fort York) in his office in Ottawa, Thursday, March 23, 2023.
Independent MP Kevin Vuong (Spadina-Fort York) in his office in Ottawa, Thursday, March 23, 2023. PHOTO BY BRYAN PASSIFIUME /Postmedia
Vuong, who has been calling for an inquiry into China’s interference since being told by CSIS he was targetted, is right.
Canada is not getting answers on that but will get a new anthem lyrics and street signs.
Perhaps what needs to be democratically changed instead is the government.
Happy Canada Day!
jwarmington@postmedia.com
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published Jul 01, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 4 minute read
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may not be open to holding a public inquiry into communist Chinese interference into Canadian democracy but he is open to is changing the country’s national anthem.
And he chose Canada Day to announce this.
“I’m open to the changes that Canadians want to see,” Trudeau told the CBC in Ottawa as the country celebrated its 156th birthday.
The assertion came after questions from CBC reporter Catherine Cullin who asked about the alteration of the lyrics by singer Jully Black at the NBA All-Star game in Salt Lake City in February where she arbitrarily replaced “our home and native land” with “home on native land.”
Trudeau said the “anthem changed many times over decades in a lot of different ways” and “I look forward to talking with Indigenous Canadians about how they feel the anthem could or might change. I want to talk with a lot of Canadians.”
So, instead of trying to find out about communist party Chinese operatives trying to influence our elections, Trudeau chose the very national holiday celebrating Canada to announce a process to look into changing O Canada.
The NDP and Toronto’s newly-elected mayor, who takes office July 12, attended an event at Toronto City Hall to commemorate what Chow in a tweet said was “Chinese People’s Railroad Day to remember over 17,000 Chinese men who built Canada’s national railway – 4000 of whom lost their lives in the process.”
Chow also tweeted she encourages “Torontonians to learn about Canada’s history and our responsibilities of treaty people.”
While worthy issues, they were such a downer to talk about on Canada Day – especially since Canada has done a lot more good in the world for people from all over the world than it has ever done bad.
No one or no nation is perfect, but Canada has apologized for past wrongs. Our leaders did not allow the country one day – on its birthday – to be proud of being Canadian. Instead, they pushed division and change. It’s not new. In past years, Canada has seen its first prime minister Sir John Macdonald’s statues torn down in most cities – including his hometown of Kingston – and his name taken off of schools, highways and currency.
Top educators like Egerton Ryerson and James McGill have also faced a similar fate. Even Queen Victoria statues have been vandalized.
The Sir John A. MacDonald statute has been boarded up since being vandalized during a protest at Queen's Park on Aug. 31 of 2020. It now has three plaques on it explaining why it is boarded and what might be done in the future on Friday, March 5, 2021.
WARMINGTON: Has entombed Sir John A. Macdonald already been cancelled in Ontario? Strange notice on the box covering the statue of Canada's first PM for months raises more questions than answers
With the exception of one person running for mayor, this street sign will come down before the drug injection site in downtown Toronto. Anthony has promised Dundas Street will not be renamed if he's elected Monday -- Joe Warmington photo
WARMINGTON: Spending millions to rename Dundas St. helps nobody But mayoral candidate Anthony Furey's plan to scrap the street's renaming and use the money saved to replace unsafe injection sites with addiction treatment centres could benefit many
Work crews remove a statue of Canada's first prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald from City Park in downtown Kingston, Ont., where it has stood since 1895, on Friday, June 18, 2021.
WARMINGTON: Legacy of Canada's first PM cancelled by a crane Sir John A. Macdonald statue removed from Kingston park where it stood for 126 years
Soon there will be the multi-million mission to remove all of the Dundas Street road signs in Toronto, over unfounded and disputed allegations of racism against Scotsman Henry Dundas who died 212 years ago.
It’s ridiculous that a country’s leaders tear down the very foundation of a wonderful nation. But what is even more offensive is how few stand up to the rewriters of history.
While it still is a free country, if the Prime Minister is free to go on the national public network paid for by taxpayers and say he’s going to consult about altering the anthem, this columnist is free to say leave the anthem alone and don’t change one word of it.
And put back all of those statues of our forefathers too. They are historical Canadian figures and no free country rewrites its past or its glory or shame at the whims of a pop star or a prime minister who has made historical errors himself. Nobody is perfect now and no one was perfect.
“Canada may have its challenges but we are a nation that rises above many others,” said Toronto MP Kevin Vuong, who was one of the few politicians pushing back Saturday. “We have much to be proud of and must not let our issues overshadow our achievements. Let’s learn from the past – not seek to erase it – and move forward as a nation.”
Independent MP Kevin Vuong (Spadina-Fort York) in his office in Ottawa, Thursday, March 23, 2023.
Independent MP Kevin Vuong (Spadina-Fort York) in his office in Ottawa, Thursday, March 23, 2023. PHOTO BY BRYAN PASSIFIUME /Postmedia
Vuong, who has been calling for an inquiry into China’s interference since being told by CSIS he was targetted, is right.
Canada is not getting answers on that but will get a new anthem lyrics and street signs.
Perhaps what needs to be democratically changed instead is the government.
Happy Canada Day!
jwarmington@postmedia.com
WARMINGTON: Rather than change national anthem, maybe change the government
Trudeau may not be open to a public inquiry into Chinese interference into our democracy but he's open to is changing our national anthem.
There’s a time and place for everything (well, almost anything anyway), and maybe Canada Day as the Canadian Prime Minister in Canada isn’t the time and place for Justin’s speculation here.
This govt truly is pond scum. Yeah, let's make Canada Day all about cultural Marxism and climate change. Happy fucking birthday.
Trudeau's gift to you this Canada Day, a tax hike
Author of the article:Brian Lilley
Published Jun 30, 2023 • Last updated 2 days ago • 3 minute read
Happy Canada Day! Your taxes are going up again.
To celebrate Canada’s 156th birthday, the Trudeau government is introducing their second carbon tax known as the Clean Fuel Regulations. The stated goal is to lower carbon emissions in Canada through regulations on industry, but the result is the price on fossil fuels like gas, diesel and home heating fuels will go up.
And to celebrate Canada Day, the cost to you will go up every year just like the original carbon tax but without the rebates the government provides for that one.
A report earlier this year from the Parliamentary Budget Officer looked at the impact of this new, second carbon tax and found that by 2030, the increased cost to low-income families would be an average of $230 and for high income families the cost would be $1,008 on average. Depending on where you live that cost could be more than $2,200.
In Ontario, the average family will pay $495 extra while in Quebec the average is $436 and in Manitoba $611.
In Alberta and Saskatchewan, the costs are much higher “reflecting the higher fossil fuel intensity of their economies.” The average increase in costs by 2030 in Saskatchewan will be $1,117 while in Alberta the average will be $1,157.
If you’re in the top 20% of income earners in those provinces though, get ready to fork over another $2,110 in Saskatchewan and $2,269 in Alberta. In 2019, Statistics Canada put any family earning more than $146,000 in the top quintile.
Extra taxes on Canada Day kind of takes a bit of the fun out of celebrating.
If you live in Atlantic Canada, things are even worse because on July 1, “the federal fuel charge backstop will take effect in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick.” In other words, the original carbon tax takes effect and so do these new regulations.
The price of gas is expected to jump between 11 and 14 cents a litre.
The headline of the Cape Breton Post declared, “There are no more Sunday drives.”
Premiers of all four Atlantic provinces, including Liberal Andrew Furey, have called for the federal government to hit pause on this. They cite their unique economies, the cost of living crisis and the dependence on fuels like heating oil in their requests to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Furey has called the federal government’s handling of this issue “insulting” and has declared that Trudeau is out of touch with the reality of Atlantic Canadians. Not that Trudeau is about to change his mind, it’s full steam ahead for his double whammy carbon tax on the East Coast.
It’s no shock then that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been spending time visiting the region over the past several days with his “axe the tax” tour. He’s drawn crowds of 700 and more in small towns like Truro, Nova Scotia – a place with a population of just 12,000 people.
Trudeau can afford to ignore people upset about the carbon tax in Alberta or Saskatchewan but he can’t do the same in Nova Scotia, PEI, New Brunswick, or Newfoundland and Labrador. In the Atlantic region, Trudeau continues to maintain strong support, his party has the majority of the seats.
It will be fascinating to see if that changes in the days after the two carbon taxes kick in on the East Coast, as the price of gas goes up now and the cost of heating your home goes up in the fall and winter. Government’s get into trouble when they stop listening to the population they lead and Trudeau is no longer listening, not if you disagree with him at all.
That’s a dangerous spot for politicians, so don’t be surprised if this Canada marks the beginning of the end for the Trudeau government. Unlike the tax hike, that would be something worth celebrating.
blilley@postmedia.com
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Brian Lilley
Published Jun 30, 2023 • Last updated 2 days ago • 3 minute read
Happy Canada Day! Your taxes are going up again.
To celebrate Canada’s 156th birthday, the Trudeau government is introducing their second carbon tax known as the Clean Fuel Regulations. The stated goal is to lower carbon emissions in Canada through regulations on industry, but the result is the price on fossil fuels like gas, diesel and home heating fuels will go up.
And to celebrate Canada Day, the cost to you will go up every year just like the original carbon tax but without the rebates the government provides for that one.
A report earlier this year from the Parliamentary Budget Officer looked at the impact of this new, second carbon tax and found that by 2030, the increased cost to low-income families would be an average of $230 and for high income families the cost would be $1,008 on average. Depending on where you live that cost could be more than $2,200.
In Ontario, the average family will pay $495 extra while in Quebec the average is $436 and in Manitoba $611.
In Alberta and Saskatchewan, the costs are much higher “reflecting the higher fossil fuel intensity of their economies.” The average increase in costs by 2030 in Saskatchewan will be $1,117 while in Alberta the average will be $1,157.
If you’re in the top 20% of income earners in those provinces though, get ready to fork over another $2,110 in Saskatchewan and $2,269 in Alberta. In 2019, Statistics Canada put any family earning more than $146,000 in the top quintile.
Extra taxes on Canada Day kind of takes a bit of the fun out of celebrating.
If you live in Atlantic Canada, things are even worse because on July 1, “the federal fuel charge backstop will take effect in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick.” In other words, the original carbon tax takes effect and so do these new regulations.
The price of gas is expected to jump between 11 and 14 cents a litre.
The headline of the Cape Breton Post declared, “There are no more Sunday drives.”
Premiers of all four Atlantic provinces, including Liberal Andrew Furey, have called for the federal government to hit pause on this. They cite their unique economies, the cost of living crisis and the dependence on fuels like heating oil in their requests to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Furey has called the federal government’s handling of this issue “insulting” and has declared that Trudeau is out of touch with the reality of Atlantic Canadians. Not that Trudeau is about to change his mind, it’s full steam ahead for his double whammy carbon tax on the East Coast.
It’s no shock then that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been spending time visiting the region over the past several days with his “axe the tax” tour. He’s drawn crowds of 700 and more in small towns like Truro, Nova Scotia – a place with a population of just 12,000 people.
Trudeau can afford to ignore people upset about the carbon tax in Alberta or Saskatchewan but he can’t do the same in Nova Scotia, PEI, New Brunswick, or Newfoundland and Labrador. In the Atlantic region, Trudeau continues to maintain strong support, his party has the majority of the seats.
It will be fascinating to see if that changes in the days after the two carbon taxes kick in on the East Coast, as the price of gas goes up now and the cost of heating your home goes up in the fall and winter. Government’s get into trouble when they stop listening to the population they lead and Trudeau is no longer listening, not if you disagree with him at all.
That’s a dangerous spot for politicians, so don’t be surprised if this Canada marks the beginning of the end for the Trudeau government. Unlike the tax hike, that would be something worth celebrating.
blilley@postmedia.com
LILLEY: Trudeau's gift to you this Canada Day, a tax hike
Happy Canada Day! Your taxes are going up again.
odd that he chose canada day and not new years day for taxes. not that any day is a good day for taxes.Trudeau's gift to you this Canada Day, a tax hike
Author of the article:Brian Lilley
Published Jun 30, 2023 • Last updated 2 days ago • 3 minute read
Happy Canada Day! Your taxes are going up again.
To celebrate Canada’s 156th birthday, the Trudeau government is introducing their second carbon tax known as the Clean Fuel Regulations. The stated goal is to lower carbon emissions in Canada through regulations on industry, but the result is the price on fossil fuels like gas, diesel and home heating fuels will go up.
And to celebrate Canada Day, the cost to you will go up every year just like the original carbon tax but without the rebates the government provides for that one.
A report earlier this year from the Parliamentary Budget Officer looked at the impact of this new, second carbon tax and found that by 2030, the increased cost to low-income families would be an average of $230 and for high income families the cost would be $1,008 on average. Depending on where you live that cost could be more than $2,200.
In Ontario, the average family will pay $495 extra while in Quebec the average is $436 and in Manitoba $611.
In Alberta and Saskatchewan, the costs are much higher “reflecting the higher fossil fuel intensity of their economies.” The average increase in costs by 2030 in Saskatchewan will be $1,117 while in Alberta the average will be $1,157.
If you’re in the top 20% of income earners in those provinces though, get ready to fork over another $2,110 in Saskatchewan and $2,269 in Alberta. In 2019, Statistics Canada put any family earning more than $146,000 in the top quintile.
Extra taxes on Canada Day kind of takes a bit of the fun out of celebrating.
If you live in Atlantic Canada, things are even worse because on July 1, “the federal fuel charge backstop will take effect in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick.” In other words, the original carbon tax takes effect and so do these new regulations.
The price of gas is expected to jump between 11 and 14 cents a litre.
The headline of the Cape Breton Post declared, “There are no more Sunday drives.”
Premiers of all four Atlantic provinces, including Liberal Andrew Furey, have called for the federal government to hit pause on this. They cite their unique economies, the cost of living crisis and the dependence on fuels like heating oil in their requests to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Furey has called the federal government’s handling of this issue “insulting” and has declared that Trudeau is out of touch with the reality of Atlantic Canadians. Not that Trudeau is about to change his mind, it’s full steam ahead for his double whammy carbon tax on the East Coast.
It’s no shock then that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been spending time visiting the region over the past several days with his “axe the tax” tour. He’s drawn crowds of 700 and more in small towns like Truro, Nova Scotia – a place with a population of just 12,000 people.
Trudeau can afford to ignore people upset about the carbon tax in Alberta or Saskatchewan but he can’t do the same in Nova Scotia, PEI, New Brunswick, or Newfoundland and Labrador. In the Atlantic region, Trudeau continues to maintain strong support, his party has the majority of the seats.
It will be fascinating to see if that changes in the days after the two carbon taxes kick in on the East Coast, as the price of gas goes up now and the cost of heating your home goes up in the fall and winter. Government’s get into trouble when they stop listening to the population they lead and Trudeau is no longer listening, not if you disagree with him at all.
That’s a dangerous spot for politicians, so don’t be surprised if this Canada marks the beginning of the end for the Trudeau government. Unlike the tax hike, that would be something worth celebrating.
blilley@postmedia.com
LILLEY: Trudeau's gift to you this Canada Day, a tax hike
Happy Canada Day! Your taxes are going up again.