BC’s Carbon Tax is crushing my business!

BC small businesses have paid $3 billion in carbon taxes over the last four years with no relief.

Thanks to CFIB, 600,000 small businesses in 8 provinces are getting $2.5 billion in federal carbon tax rebates

WHERE IS MY MONEY GOING?
WHERE IS THE RELIEF FOR MY SMALL BUSINESS?

Dear Premier Eby

Small businesses care about the environment, but your carbon tax is failing us. It’s no wonder that 8 in 10 BC small businesses now oppose the provincial carbon tax.

While the federal government is returning billions in carbon tax revenues to small businesses in provinces under the federal backstop, your government has collected $3 billion from BC businesses since 2020/2021 without providing ANY relief.

The cost of everything is up. We face the highest fuel prices in the country. It’s getting harder to compete with other provinces. My revenues can’t keep pace and I can’t keep raising prices. The upcoming election will determine the future of BC’s carbon tax, but in the meantime, small businesses need relief NOW!

I am urging you to:

  • Freeze the carbon tax at its current level.
  • Return to a revenue neutral carbon tax to ensure fairness and affordability for small businesses.
  • Provide rebates to BC small businesses.
  • Exempt all heating fuels used by small businesses, including natural gas.
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The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is Canada’s largest association of small and medium-sized businesses with 97,000 members across every industry and region. CFIB is dedicated to increasing business owners’ chances of success by driving policy change at all levels of government, providing expert advice and tools, and negotiating exclusive savings.