The problem is that this is a pole tax, a blanket tax and essentially another tax on rural Canadians.
The carbon tax is put on all fuel so public transit costs are going up, plus JT removed the tax incentive to use transit. Delivery of groceries has gone up as well as heating the stores and the warehouses that store the goods. This makes every single thing go up in price as businesses are not going to take a financial hit for any of this.
FYI, I just received a propane bill, the carbon tax is $17 on a $170 fill up, therefore after the HST on the carbon tax it is just a hair under $20 a month. This bill will do higher or lower depending but with equal billing it averages out to about 10 months of paying for propane. Therefore we are paying $200 in carbon tax just to heat our 1000 sq ft home. That is just home heating and hot water, with a 98% efficiency propane furnace that was recently installed. My wife and I share a vehicle to get to work, covid has kept me at home and she is on mat leave but on a normal basis the car is used 6 days a week to commute. The return trip is at minimum 40km each way, 80km per day for 480km/week or commuting so that we can keep a roof over our heads and feed our family. That works out to 35.56L per week for our small 4 cylinder car, that works out to $2.59 per week, an additional $134.68 a year for carbon tax on fuel just to pay the bills. So with just keeping the home warm and getting to work we are at $334.68. There is no consideration for the cost increases for food, extra vehicle usage, or any of the other things that have gone up due to this tax, they are screwing us and claiming to be making our lives better.
As Mike explained here, and I want to test this for the 2020 tax year, the rebate is actually only about $30. In turbo tax you have the ability to turn off the claim for carbon tax and running a simulation as to what they are actually giving back.