Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer says the government is doing ‘everything in our power’ to fight in court against the carbon tax
EDMONTON — The federal carbon tax comes into effect in Alberta on Wednesday, but the provincial government insists it’s nowhere near done fighting against the Liberal attempt to cut down emissions, saying Albertans voted against the tax in the election last spring.
The tax — which comes in at $20 per tonne, but will increase to $30 in April — replaces the carbon tax that had been put in place by Rachel Notley’s New Democrats. It had come into effect in January 2017, but was repealed in June 2019 after Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party formed government. “We thought that that went quite well,” Schweitzer said. “The questions the judges were asking leads me to believe they were favourable to our argument.”
But the Conservative government in the province, where nearly one third of GDP comes from the mining, oil and gas industry, has long lambasted the personal carbon tax as a tax on little old ladies heating their homes and soccer moms getting children to school and sports practice.
“The vast majority of families will get more back than they pay, with lower income families benefiting the most,” Kim said.
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