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Understand how the Carbon Tax impacts Indigenous people

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Description

**As a [description of user]?**
As a member of the general public who identifies as Indigenous

**I want to [functionality]**
I want to access information about what the carbon tax is, what the equitable tax credits is and who can benefit from it, how it aligns with income thresholds

**So that [benefit]**
So that my concerns about the impact of the rising price of carbon on affordability are addressed.

**Additional context**
- Consider barriers Indigenous People encounter (e.g. bias and prejudices from the general public)
- Consider intersectional barriers experienced by rural, remote, Northern communities (e.g. cost of living, higher rate of hydro, higher transportation costs, inefficient buildings, food insecurity…).
_- (User story related to "What We Heard - Carbon Pricing Review, Draft paper")_
- Related to #110

**Acceptance Criteria**
- Address concerns of Carbon Tax impacts on Indigenous peoples’ ability to reinvigorate their cultural practices.
- Address concerns about an increased Carbon Tax presenting barriers to adopting low carbon options.
- Highlight Carbon Tax credits, how it goes back to communities in the form of grants and subsidies, in addition to the personal income tax credit.
- Deconstruct beliefs from the general public as on-reserve fuel being free of taxes (No true).
- Show how carbon tax funds are being put towards clean energy objectives making life more affordable in-fine.

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