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The New Democrats say they will back the Conservatives on a motion to pull the carbon price off all home heating until after the next election.

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Heat pumps are more popular in colder climates than they are in warmer -> Scandinavia vs Continental Europe

[–] Oldmandan@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That is a true statistic, yes. Without a ton of relevance to the discussion at hand unfortunately. Most of Scandinavia is coastal, and while cold compared to the rest of Europe, has quite mild winters compared to the northern Canadian interior. Additionally, popular in this context is about a 50% adoption rate by household, without much information (that I can find, at least) on distrobution; I suspect most of those are in southern and costal areas, and the (less populated) northern interior primarily relies on other heating methods.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You’ll find most of Canada isn’t in the interior Northern regions. Considering heat pumps still have furnaces attached, I think it’s fine to force everyone to have them