Truck Levy

[blackpowder]

Only in North America do we drive full size pick ups.
But it's a perk I'm proud to take advantage of. An economic privilege they want to remove. I'm not ready for that either. Especially artificially. When I can't afford the fuel, then the tech will be there for the change.
This is just a money grab with a "sin" tax. $27/ pack smokes still being sold.
What next from a govt run by Greenpeace?
Canada doesn't even exist outside major centers.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I was thinking, have there been any recent events that might have caused Trudeau to want to punish anyone who drives a truck..
Then it occurred to me, the next sin tax will probably be on bouncy castles, hot tubs horns and flags.

[blackpowder]

I'm beginning to wonder if his biggest danger is that he believes everything he thinks is right. He has no one to tell him otherwise and he would be incapable of understanding as any narcissist.

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[Old Cowzilla]

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Might get bought out by my Amish neighbors won't be farmed by camels but it could be Clydesdales.

[cropgrower]

would this new tax be once on new trucks ? or would it have to be paid every year ? will just push the cost of everything higher , im shure the plummer or electrition will just pass the cost on , but farmers can not

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Might get bought out by my Amish neighbors won't be farmed by camels but it could be Clydesdales.

Except, have you seen the price of oats lately? They might not be able to afford to drive to Clydesdales either.
Or maybe that's why the price of oats got so high, they are preparing for the end of fossil fuels.

[Old Cowzilla]

Except, have you seen the price of oats lately? They might not be able to afford to drive to Clydesdales either.
Or maybe that's why the price of oats got so high, they are preparing for the end of fossil fuels.

They use quite a few little tractors now in that 50 hp range for the big jobs. I think the horses are for show ( tourism ) a little part of there off farm sales thing. I don't have enough oats to buy a new truck keep dumping mine into a mixing wagon every morning so no levy here and spring better come soon cus oat bins getting pretty low.

[dmlfarmer]

For all of you with your panties in a knot over rumors of a new $4000.00 truck levy (which by the way has been denied by the Liberals) do you know that in 2007 the Harper government actually imposed a levy of $1000 to $4000 on fuel-inefficient vehicles including large SUVs? Where was your outrage then or now as you drive your taxed Navigators or Denalis and are paying a Conservative tax on large SUVs?

Don't believe me, here is the actual tariff notice from 2007
https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/archive/tn-amt/tn21a-eng.html

And if you go to appropriately numbered page 69 of the 2007 budget you can read about the NEW GREEN LEVY that the Conservatives introduced in that budget.
https://www.budget.gc.ca/2007/pdf/bp2007e.pdf

[Hamloc]

For all of you with your panties in a knot over rumors of a new $4000.00 truck levy (which by the way has been denied by the Liberals) do you know that in 2007 the Harper government actually imposed a levy of $1000 to $4000 on fuel-inefficient vehicles including large SUVs? Where was your outrage then or now as you drive your taxed Navigators or Denalis and are paying a Conservative tax on large SUVs?

Don't believe me, here is the actual tariff notice from 2007
https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/archive/tn-amt/tn21a-eng.html

And if you go to appropriately numbered page 69 of the 2007 budget you can read about the NEW GREEN LEVY that the Conservatives introduced in that budget.
https://www.budget.gc.ca/2007/pdf/bp2007e.pdf

For clarification, is this levy still applied today?

[dmlfarmer]

For clarification, is this levy still applied today?

yes it is

[Taiga]

No, it does not apply to pickup trucks.

[dmlfarmer]

No, it does not apply to pickup trucks.

You are right. Pickups were exempted. So does that justify the tax? Isa tax of others okay as long
As it does not affect you? Sort of like running farm plates on large SUVS? Or feedlots/farms running commercial trucking business with farm plates

[Old Cowzilla]

Not too long ago truck prices where 10-15 thousand less than sticker price so everyone thought they where getting a great deal . Who wouldn't buy a new one to pull the new enclosed trailer full of toys !!!! say's guy green with envy

[Sheepwheat]

You are right. Pickups were exempted. So does that justify the tax? Isa tax of others okay as long
As it does not affect you? Sort of like running farm plates on large SUVS? Or feedlots/farms running commercial trucking business with farm plates

No. It’s a stupid, idiotic tax regardless of who brought it in. Shame on Harper for caving to the climate extremists.

That you trust the liberals when they say they won’t bring it in though, is also quite silly, considering the pathological liars that they are.

The thing with the truck idea, is that the west has most of the trucks in Canada. Just another middle finger from a trudeau to the west. It sure seems to be a pattern.