On January 23, the Budget Office acknowledged that a five percent federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the carbon tax will cost Canadians $486 million despite repeated claims by Liberals that the carbon tax is "revenue neutral."

According to the Legislative Costing Note, if the GST was removed, it "would reduce federal GST revenues by $486 million in 2024 increasing to $1 billion in 2031."

Furthermore, GST charges are expected to cost each provinces millions this year, with Ontario paying the most at $182 million followed by Alberta at $96 million, Québec at $77 million, British Columbia at $58 million, Saskatchewan at $29 million, Manitoba at $18 million, Nova Scotia at $10 million, New Brunswick at $7 million, Newfoundland and Labrador at $6 million, and Prince Edward Island at $1 million.

The startling numbers come as the Liberal government under the leadership of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has repeatedly claimed no revenue is earned on the carbon tax.

"Our price on pollution is revenue neutral," Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland told the House of Commons in 2022. "All the money goes back to Canadian families."

"It is very important to note this is revenue neutral," she repeated in the House of Commons finance committee in 2022. "The money is returned directly to Canadian families."

Similarly, in December, Liberal MP Kody Blois told the House of Commons that the carbon tax was "revenue neutral."

In 2019, now-Attorney General Arif Virani told Members of Parliament, "The plan is an entirely revenue neutral plan. It is not a tax."

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre condemned the $486 million carbon tax revenue on X, formerly known as Twitter, writing, "Trudeau's tax on a tax: he charges GST on the carbon tax. He wants to quadruple these taxes if elected"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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