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MERIDIAN SOURCE
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Tristan Durovick receives LFGA scholarship
Rotary gives love
Geoff Lee Meridian Source
Supplied Photo BILL ARMSTRONG SPECIAL TO THE SOURCE
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Tristan Durovick, a Lloydminster youth, is $1,000 richer after receiving the scholarship award by the Lloy-
dminster and District Fish and Game Association. Durovick, a graduate of Lloydminster Comprehensive High School, is now enrolled in the Natural Resources Com-
pliance Diploma Program at Lethbridge College with plans to pursue a degree to enhance his opportunities in the field. We wish Durovick the best in his studies and future career.
Donna Applegate from Padua Place seniors’ residence accepted a cheque for $500 to upholster a loveseat in the building’s lobby from Rotary Club of Lloydminster president Mike Sidoryk at Monday’s meeting.
TRUDEAU FROM PAGE 23
Ordinary people pay Trudeau’s carbon taxes every day. So do truckers. So do farmers. Remember the Thanksgiving turkey? Turkeys eat grain which is hit by the carbon tax when it goes through the grain dryer. Turkeys are raised in heated barns, which is carbon taxed, and the trucks hauling them from the slaughterhouse to the grocery store get carbon taxed, too. That’s how the carbon tax
makes food cost more. The Parliamentary Budget Officer reports the carbon tax will cost Canadian farmers close to $1 billion by 2030. But it’s not just transportation and food that gets hit with Trudeau’s carbon tax. Home heating is punished too. The current carbon tax costs 12 cents extra per cubic metre of natural gas, 10 cents extra per litre of propane and 17 cents extra per litre of furnace oil. An average Alberta
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home uses about 2,800 cubic metres of natural gas per year, so the carbon tax will cost them about $337 extra to heat their home. Costs are similar for propane and furnace oil. Home heating is essential for a place like Alberta. Punishing Canadians with a carbon tax is pointless and unfair. It’s pointless because the carbon tax won’t fix climate change. As the PBO has noted, “Canada’s own emissions are not large enough to materially impact climate change.” It’s unfair because ordinary people who are driving to work, buying food for their families and heating their homes are backed into a corner. Carbon tax cheerleaders tell them to “switch.” Switch to what? What abundant, reliable, affordable alternative energy source is available to Albertans? This isn’t like choosing between paper or plastic bags, this is about surviving the winter and affording food, or not. Albertans should not be punished for staying warm and feeding their families. - Kris Sims is the Alberta Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
