Carbon tax reversal will come back to bite

The Liberals' backflip may have been an attempt to change the public’s mind and give them another chance. But the party had best hope it doesn’t trip and fall as a result.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a three-year carbon tax exemption for home heating oil on Oct. 26.

To call a political reversal a “backflip” is usually not the best descriptor as its namesake usually involves finishing where you started, albeit while completing a fancy move in the process.

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