Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are scheduled to meet in Calgary on Wednesday as pushback grows from provincial premiers to a planned carbon price increase. The federal backstop is set to rise from $65 a tonne to $80 a tonne on April 1. This means the fuel charge on gasoline will go … Read more
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is calling the Saskatchewan government’s decision not to pay the federal carbon price “immoral.” The minister says it’s one thing to disagree on policy, but another to “start breaking federal laws.” “If Premier Scott Moe decides he wants to start breaking federal laws then measures will be taken. We can’t let … Read more
The federal government’s carbon price could generate more than $5 billion from the federal sales tax over the next seven years, but none of that is directly earmarked for climate programs. The latest figures come from the parliamentary budget officer and are based on a private member’s bill introduced last fall by Conservative MP Alex … Read more
Manitoba’s Premier Wab Kinew has signalled he wants to take another look at how the federal carbon price is applied in the province, but it could take up to three years for any change. The lone province with the federal pollution price being applied across the economy, Manitoba is not treading new ground in looking … Read more
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he wants work with Ottawa on re-examining how carbon pricing is applied in the province but did not share specific details on what that may look like. “I think that Manitoba has a very strong case to make that the carbon price could be revisited here in our province, and … Read more
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says that it is time to take another look at how the federal carbon price, popularly known as the carbon tax, is applied in his province. “I think that there’s an argument that Manitoba is maybe one of the strongest cases you could make, that the price on carbon should be … Read more
Dustin Duncan, the minister responsible for SaskEnergy, says he’s doesn’t think carbon price rebates will be impacted as the Crown utility stops collecting the federal fuel levy for home heating. Back in October, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said SaskEnergy would stop collecting the carbon tax from residential customers at the beginning of the year in … Read more
