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 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
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
