Federal government announces carbon tax details
OTTAWA — Polluters will pay.
That was the message delivered to the province’s today from Environment Minister Catherine McKenna.
The Trudeau government laid down the rules today in regards to details of a federal carbon price plan which will be imposed on any province that doesn’t have at least a $10 a tonne price on carbon as early as next spring. The exact date will depend on when the legislation, expected this fall, passes.
The federal plan mimics the Alberta carbon program, with a direct tax on heating and transportation fuels and a separate levy on large emitters who don’t cut their emissions by a targeted amount.