Not really, though. His main purpose is to keep both the carbon tax and his own name in the headlines, so I guess he succeeded.
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It will also let him say his party voted to axe the tax, while the NDP, Liberals, and Bloc either vote for it, or abstain. It's a purity test the other MPs are designed to fail.
"We'll get rid of this tax!"
"Won't that mean less money in the pockets of the majority, making things worse for them?"
"😡"
Not if they cut funding to things like healthcare, infrastructure, science, education, etc. and give more money to corporations who donate to their political party.
We're talking about the carbon tax, what's collected in your province (except for BC and Quebec) is redistributed directly to the people in the province based on their household situation (with or without spouse, with or without child...), it doesn't affect the government's coffers and a small minority gets less than they pay.