Carbon Tax

Trudeau, Smith set to meet as carbon price provincial pushback grows

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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

Ottawa rebrands carbon price rebates. How much will you get?

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The federal government’s Climate Action Incentive is no more — the carbon pricing rebate is getting a rebrand and will now be renamed the Canada Carbon Rebate. The change came on Wednesday as several ministers announced affordability measures, and seemed to signal that the government recognizes Canadians may not be aware the rebate is tied … Read more

Conservatives seek to revive carbon pricing carve-out, but Bloc unlikely to support – National

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The housing crisis, clean-tech tax credits and carbon pricing were front and centre in the House of Commons on Monday, as MPs picked up where they left off — both in substance and in tone — when they rose for the Christmas break in December. The Liberal government’s immediate focus is on debating and passing … Read more

Kinew can change Manitoba carbon pricing, but likely not until 2027

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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

Axing GST on carbon pricing could cost $1B in lost tax revenue: watchdog – National

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A Conservative bill to remove GST from Ottawa’s carbon pricing plan could eventually lead to $1 billion in lost tax revenue, the parliamentary budget officer (PBO) says. The federal watchdog on Tuesday released a report on Bill C-358, which was tabled in the House of Commons by Tory MP Alex Ruff in October. Ruff said … Read more

Manitoba has a ‘strong case’ to review carbon price in province: Kinew

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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

Saskatchewan carbon price halt shouldn’t affect rebates, minister says

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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

Canada’s heated political conflict over carbon pricing to continue into 2024 – National

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Canada’s price on pollution is supposed to help battle global warming, but as it nears its fifth anniversary, nothing in Canadian politics is hotter. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has so successfully convinced Canadians the carbon price is to blame for inflation that he even earned begrudging respect for his “axe the tax” campaign from Prime … Read more