Small businesses in Canada have received less than 10 percent of the financial aid they were promised to help them offset the costs of the national price on carbon emissions. The Liberals promised when their new carbon pricing policy was enacted in 2018 that seven percent of revenues would be returned to the small– and…
Small Businesses Not Getting What They Were Promised in Aid to Offset Carbon Price
Federal Consumer Carbon Price to Expand to Three Atlantic Provinces Next Summer
Three Atlantic provinces will be subject to the federal consumer carbon price next summer, with their residents getting the quarterly rebate cheques meant to prevent households from being worse off financially as a result of the program. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will announce the change today after a federal review determined the provincial systems in Newfoundland…
Carbon Price Rising to $50 a Tonne Today, Adds 2.2 Cents to a Litre of Gas
The national price on pollution will go up another $10 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions as scheduled today in most provinces. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is withstanding political pressure to delay or cancel the increase as fuel prices surge due mainly to the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Guilbeault says the government is not going…
Manitoba Premier Says She Will End Court Fight, Negotiate Carbon Price With Ottawa
The Manitoba government has decided to not appeal a court ruling that said the federal government has a right to impose a carbon price on provinces. Instead, Premier Heather Stefanson is hoping for a more amicable negotiation with Ottawa than her predecessor, Brian Pallister. “This is an opportunity, I think, for us to press reset with the…
Head of OECD Calls for Global Carbon Pricing
Former Australian Finance Minister and now Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Mathias Cormann has called for the world to adopt a consistent global carbon price. Speaking to ABC radio on Wednesday Cormann said that if the world had a globally applied comprehensive carbon tax it would be the most efficient way to…
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