Some rural communities don’t qualify for rebate supplement

By Carl Clutchey, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Chronicle-Journal Some rural residents who live in communities just outside Thunder Bay may feel a bit short-changed after the final federal carbon tax rebate cheques are issued on Tuesday. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) says it has determined following a review that Oliver Paipoonge, Shuniah, O’Connor, Gillies, Neebing and Fort William First Nation are part of the Thunder Bay Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA). “As such, residents (in those communities) are not entitled to the (rebate’s) rural supplement,” a CRA spokeswoman said on Thursday in an email. The rural supplement adds 20 per cent to the rebate’s eligible base amounts, which have been issued quarterly. Liberal MPs, including Marcus Powlowski (Thunder Bay-Rainy River), have argued that the supplement has made the federal carbon…

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