New Democrats yesterday introduced a Commons motion to lift the GST on home heating. Critics noted the Party six years ago voted against a similar bill to remove the GST on the carbon tax.

“I believe all of us opposition parties should not only be in opposition but in proposition, that we should push for the ideas that make this country better, that help Canadians in their daily lives,” said New Democrat MP Taylor Bachrach (Skeena-Bulkley Valley, B.C.), sponsor of the motion. Repealing the GST on heat “is going to make a substantial difference,” he said.

The motion asked that “the House call on the government to remove the GST from all forms of home heating.” No cost was disclosed. GST collections on the carbon tax alone are worth more than $267 million a year according to a 2017 Budget Office report Bill C-342 Cost Of Carbon Pricing Deduction From GST.