{"id":64652,"date":"2024-08-20T10:46:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T17:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energi.media\/?p=64652"},"modified":"2024-08-20T10:46:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T17:46:35","slug":"carbon-price-rollback-emerges-as-key-voting-issue-as-federal-election-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energi.media\/news\/carbon-price-rollback-emerges-as-key-voting-issue-as-federal-election-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon price rollback emerges as key voting issue as federal election approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This article was published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theenergymix.com\/carbon-price-rollback-emerges-as-key-voting-issue-as-federal-election-approaches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Energy Mix<\/a> on Aug. 20, 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Christopher Bonasia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Promising to roll back carbon pricing is emerging as one of the surest ways to accumulate votes as Canada\u2019s political parties prepare for a federal election next year, according to new public opinion data released Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Polling by Abacus Data\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abacusdata.ca\/policies-canadian-politics-attract-repell\/\">found<\/a> that 37 per cent of respondents would definitely back a party that wanted to eliminate the federal carbon tax and another 28 per cent might do so, while only about one in five said they would never support the idea.<\/p>\n<p>The issue was one of four that Abacus identified as a vote winner for any party that espoused it, along with increasing income taxes on the richest 1 per cent of Canadians (46 per cent definite\/32 per cent possible), making public transit free in every Canadian city (40 per cent definite\/31 per cent possible), and forcing religious organizations to pay taxes (34 per cent definite\/29 per cent possible).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis data confirms that eliminating the carbon tax has become a vote winner for the Conservatives and a real liability for the Liberals,\u201d Abacus says.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives \u201coverwhelmingly love\u201d the idea of abolishing the carbon tax, the poll showed. Liberal and Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois supporters are likely to oppose it, though with some disagreement, while New Democratic Party supporters \u201care the most divided\u201427 per cent say they would never vote for a party that promised to eliminate the carbon tax while 25 per cent say they definitely would vote for such a party,\u201d the polling report states.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberals<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theenergymix.com\/ottawa-faces-profound-political-impacts-after-carbon-tax-messaging-falls-flat\/\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theenergymix.com\/ottawa-faces-profound-political-impacts-after-carbon-tax-messaging-falls-flat\/\">maintain<\/a>\u00a0that better communication and public awareness will increase the carbon price\u2019s popularity, and the party has tried to remind voters that the vast majority of households\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theenergymix.com\/oil-companies-delay-emission-cuts-pending-results-of-next-federal-election\/\">benefit from a carbon tax<\/a>\u00a0through rebates. Amid low poll numbers and with the election coming up, the current government is committed to moving forward without further exemptions since pausing it for home heating oil in the Atlantic provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau trails behind Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, whose \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theenergymix.com\/blame-fossil-profits-not-carbon-tax-for-skyrocketing-prices-mckenna\/\">Axe the Tax<\/a>\u201d campaign has gained momentum and won him points at the polls.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy prompted Corporate Knights Research Director Ralph Torrie to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theenergymix.com\/carbon-tax-fight-needs-grown-up-conversation-on-climate-emergency\/\">call for<\/a>\u00a0a \u201cgrown-up conversation\u201d about how to address the climate emergency without having a \u201cshouting match\u201d over carbon pricing. \u201cThe last thing the country needs is a \u2018take no prisoners\u2019 battle to the death over the carbon tax that could set back what climate progress has been made,\u201d he<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theenergymix.com\/carbon-tax-fight-needs-grown-up-conversation-on-climate-emergency\/\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theenergymix.com\/carbon-tax-fight-needs-grown-up-conversation-on-climate-emergency\/\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Perceptions Skewed in the U.S.<\/h2>\n<p>Across the border in the United States, a skewed perception of public support for climate action is steering lawmakers away from implementing policies to address climate change, Grist<a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/politics\/politicians-underestimate-climate-action-popularity-fossil-fuels\/\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/politics\/politicians-underestimate-climate-action-popularity-fossil-fuels\/\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Local officials especially continue to misinterpret public support for fossil fuels, even though three-quarters of Americans favour regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant, according to polling by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.<\/p>\n<p>Academics have studied specific cases of this disconnect. In a recent article in the journal Nature Energy, researchers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41560-024-01603-w\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0that locally elected officials in Pennsylvania underestimated their constituents\u2019 support for large solar projects. Another study by Cambridge University<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/american-political-science-review\/article\/abs\/legislative-staff-and-representation-in-congress\/D7735FCF39B843B9F3269FD39362FD66\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/american-political-science-review\/article\/abs\/legislative-staff-and-representation-in-congress\/D7735FCF39B843B9F3269FD39362FD66\">found<\/a>\u00a0that congressional staffers underestimated the popularity of restricting carbon emissions in their local districts.<\/p>\n<p>The misperception is partly due to a psychological bias, says Grist. But more deliberate, intentional actions by corporations are also at work to present a false narrative, with some going so far as to hire actors to indicate support for fossil fuel projects and oppose renewables at public meetings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat really matters, in some ways, is not objectively what the public thinks, but it\u2019s what decision-makers\u00a0<em>think<\/em>\u00a0the public thinks,\u201d said Matto Mildenberger, a political science professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. \u201cThere\u2019s this enormous effort by the industry to shape what politicians think the public wants.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 20, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Promising to roll back carbon pricing is emerging as one of the surest ways to accumulate votes as Canada\u2019s political <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/news\/carbon-price-rollback-emerges-as-key-voting-issue-as-federal-election-approaches\/\" title=\"Carbon price rollback emerges as key voting issue as federal election approaches\">[Read 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