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Similar brochures were sent in at least three other Ontario ridings held by Conservatives.

The Conservative Party policy is to end the carbon tax as soon as possible, arguing it just makes everything more expensive and won’t do anything to reduce emissions.

A party spokeswoman didn’t directly explain why the carbon rebate was missing from the brochures.

“Conservatives have been clear that we do not support the Liberal Carbon Tax and that we will scrap it when we form government this fall,” Kelsie Chiasson said in an email.

The “climate action incentive” is available to anyone living in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario or New Brunswick, to rebate to individual households 90 per cent of the revenues raised by the federal carbon tax. Those are the provinces that don’t have equivalent provincial prices on greenhouse-gas emissions and are being subjected to the federal version instead.

The rebate is the same regardless of income, varying only by province (because carbon-tax bills will vary depending on electricity sources, climate and other such factors) and family size. The average rebate will be $248 in New Brunswick, $300 in Ontario, $336 in Manitoba and $598 in Saskatchewan.

People living outside major cities can apply for an extra 10 per cent to account for their need to drive greater distances and their limited access to public transit.

The Liberals say most people will get more back from the rebate than they pay in carbon taxes, with only heavy users of fossil fuels seeing losses. They also point to the rebates as proof they aren’t trying to make life more expensive, but rather giving people an incentive to reduce energy use, pay less tax, and come out ahead.