Alberta set to pass law to kill provincial carbon tax, as federal tax looms
EDMONTON — Alberta’s consumer carbon tax is dead, setting the stage for a showdown with Ottawa over the imposition of a new one.
The province cancelled its tax on gasoline at the pumps and on home heating fuels just after midnight Thursday morning.
Premier Jason Kenney told the house later in the day that the bill delivers a merciful end to a tax that didn’t stop the global rise of greenhouse gas emissions but did hurt working families.
“We have barely been in office for a month and we are already, today, delivering to Albertans the biggest tax break in our province’s history,” Kenney said as his United Conservative caucus members applauded.