Ottawa’s exemption of heating oil from carbon tax is surprising and shameless

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Open this photo in gallery: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault during the United Nations Secretary General’s Climate Ambition Summit at the United Nations, in New York on Sept. 20.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press Grant Bishop is the Calgary-based founder of KnightFork, which builds data-driven tools for carbon pricing and the energy transition. Last Thursday, Ottawa announced it would exempt home heating oil from the federal carbon pricing regime. That came after a growing revolt within the Liberal caucus over the costs of the fuel levy in Atlantic Canada. It was a surprising...