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Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux suggested the federal government is gagging him from sharing its own findings on the economic impact of the carbon price. During a Monday Finance Committee meeting, Giroux said the government has its own economic analysis, which he has seen but has not been released. “The …
Read More »Is carbon pricing a politically feasible climate policy? What research says – National
It was supposed to do the heavy lifting for Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions targets. And it was supposed to remain a major part of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s legacy, both at home and abroad — part of an urgent global push to fight climate change. But instead of fulfilling those …
Read More »Manitoba has a ‘strong case’ to review carbon price in province: Kinew
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 …
Read More »Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew joins call for broader carbon tax relief in Halifax meetings – Winnipeg
Premiers across Canada have been meeting in Halifax for the past two days, petitioning Ottawa for a carbon price pause on home heating oil to be extended to other forms of energy such as natural gas. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew was among those adding his voice to the call, saying, …
Read More »Ag producers in Saskatchewan call for barn heating exemption to be implemented
Calls from Saskatchewan’s agricultural producers are ringing out after a bill that removed barn heating and cooling fuel from a list that exempts farm activities from carbon pricing was amended. Bill C-234, “An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act,” was amended in the wake of the Senate …
Read More »Nova Scotia gas prices jump by 6.5 cents, now above $1.80 per litre
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Gas prices in Nova Scotia jumped by 6.5 cents overnight Friday, with prices now above $1.80 per litre. The minimum price of regular unleaded self-serve gas ranges between 183.7 cents per litre in the Halifax area, to 185.6 in Cape Breton. The …
Read More »Carbon price rebate rolling out to more Canadians. How much will you get?
Many more Canadians will begin receiving Ottawa’s climate action incentive payment starting Friday. Between July 14 and July 21, Canadians in Atlantic Canada, as well as in Ontario and the Prairies, will get the tax-free payment through the Canada Revenue Agency, which is meant to offset the cost of federal …
Read More »Manitoba climate change and weather year in review – Winnipeg
2022 in Manitoba began with snow and lots of it. It led to spring flooding across the province and a record-breaking fall. “The all-time yearly precipitation record in Winnipeg was broken in October on October 24,” Environment and Climate Change meteorologist Sara Hoffman said. At that point 739.7 mm had …
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