carbon tax

The provincial government has started to sent out the first quarterly payment of the newly expanded climate action tax credit designed to offset the carbon tax.(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes)

Banks must label carbon tax rebate as such when it hits Canadian accounts

Ottawa to force banks to call carbon rebate a carbon rebate in direct deposits

 

Premier David Eby, here seen with education minister Rachna Singh, Tuesday (April 16) defended the provincial carbon tax once more as the federal NDP faces questions about its position on carbon taxation. (Screencap)

Eby defends B.C.’s carbon tax as federal NDP questioned over Ottawa’s version

B.C. premier’s statement of support comes as amidst declining political support for the carbon tax

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland listens to a speaker during a news conference for a housing announcement in Vancouver, B.C., on March 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Budget 2024: 5 years worth of carbon rebates on the way to businesses

Rebates worth $2.5B included in budget as Liberals stand by their carbon plan

 

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh insists his party’s position on carbon pricing remains unchanged, although he won’t say whether he supports making Canadians pay it on consumer items like gasoline. Singh rises during question period in Ottawa, Monday, April 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

NDP supports ‘price on pollution’, Singh avoids direct response to carbon tax

Party under pressure as Conservatives continue to push against the tax

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh insists his party’s position on carbon pricing remains unchanged, although he won’t say whether he supports making Canadians pay it on consumer items like gasoline. Singh rises during question period in Ottawa, Monday, April 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Quesnel protests on April 1, call on provincial and federal governments to end the carbon tax. (Julie Dorge photo)

Early tax filers among first to receive 2024 Canada carbon rebates

Ottawa has been battling with banks about how the deposits are labelled

Quesnel protests on April 1, call on provincial and federal governments to end the carbon tax. (Julie Dorge photo)
British Columbia’s auditor general Michael Pickup as well as Comptroller General Carl Fischer will be investigating MNP’s role in the administration of the two grant programs offered through CleanBC following allegations of a kick-back scheme. (Canadian Press file photo)

B.C. government orders investigation into carbon tax grant process

Investigation to focus on whether grants being awarded fairly after allegations arise.

British Columbia’s auditor general Michael Pickup as well as Comptroller General Carl Fischer will be investigating MNP’s role in the administration of the two grant programs offered through CleanBC following allegations of a kick-back scheme. (Canadian Press file photo)
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a rally in Ottawa on Sunday, March 24, 2024. Poilievre is requesting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convene an emergency meeting with the country’s premiers to discuss the federal carbon price. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Poilievre demands premiers meeting as Ford ties Trudeau’s fate to carbon tax

‘You must sit down with the premiers and listen to them,’ Conservative leader wrote Trudeau

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a rally in Ottawa on Sunday, March 24, 2024. Poilievre is requesting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convene an emergency meeting with the country’s premiers to discuss the federal carbon price. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Anti-carbon tax protesters wave signs and chant slogans as they block a westbound lane of the Trans Canada highway near Cochrane, Alta., Monday, April 1, 2024. Mounties in Alberta say they’re keeping traffic moving on the Trans-Canada Highway despite a roadside carbon-levy protest, and say five large farm tractors have already caused a multi-vehicle crash. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Carbon tax highway protests lead to multi-vehicle crash in Alberta: police

Traffic slowed near Cochrane and in the Crow’s Nest Pass as people rally against carbon levy

Anti-carbon tax protesters wave signs and chant slogans as they block a westbound lane of the Trans Canada highway near Cochrane, Alta., Monday, April 1, 2024. Mounties in Alberta say they’re keeping traffic moving on the Trans-Canada Highway despite a roadside carbon-levy protest, and say five large farm tractors have already caused a multi-vehicle crash. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Anti-carbon tax protesters wave signs and chant slogans as they block a westbound lane of the Trans Canada highway near Cochrane, Alta., Monday, April 1, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Carbon price protests taken to highways across Canada

Event cloggin highway outside Calgary just one of several staged across the country

Anti-carbon tax protesters wave signs and chant slogans as they block a westbound lane of the Trans Canada highway near Cochrane, Alta., Monday, April 1, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, here seen during a rally Ottawa, on Sunday, March 24, 2024, will hold a rally in Nanaimo Monday as the provincial carbon tax has jumped by 23 per cent to $80 per tonne. But Trevor Melanson, a spokesperson for Clean Energy Canada, said the carbon tax is not the ‘real culprit’ of inflation in arguing that most British Columbians will ultimately be better off. Melanson, however, acknowledged that opponents of the tax have an easier story to tell. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby)

B.C. ‘better off’ with carbon tax, but foes have ‘easier’ story to tell: analyst

Clean Energy Canada’s Trevor Melanson says governments should have done a better job explaining tax

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, here seen during a rally Ottawa, on Sunday, March 24, 2024, will hold a rally in Nanaimo Monday as the provincial carbon tax has jumped by 23 per cent to $80 per tonne. But Trevor Melanson, a spokesperson for Clean Energy Canada, said the carbon tax is not the ‘real culprit’ of inflation in arguing that most British Columbians will ultimately be better off. Melanson, however, acknowledged that opponents of the tax have an easier story to tell. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby)
Carson Binda, the B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, stood outside Premier David Eby’s constituency office in Vancouver on March 21, 2024, demanding that he oppose the upcoming carbon tax hike. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)

Carbon tax talk heating up in B.C. as April 1 hike nears

Taxpayers group and federal Conservative leader urging premier to oppose increase

Carson Binda, the B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, stood outside Premier David Eby’s constituency office in Vancouver on March 21, 2024, demanding that he oppose the upcoming carbon tax hike. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)
Fiona Famulak, president of the BC Chamber of Commerce, and Premier David Eby speak during the BC Chamber of Commerce’s Premier and Cabinet Luncheon in Vancouver Thursday. (Screencap)

B.C. premier touts new housing, defends CleanBC during business session

David Eby also faced questions about economy, climate change goals from BC Chamber president

Fiona Famulak, president of the BC Chamber of Commerce, and Premier David Eby speak during the BC Chamber of Commerce’s Premier and Cabinet Luncheon in Vancouver Thursday. (Screencap)
Flares burn off methane and other hydrocarbons at an oil and gas facility in Lenorah, Texas, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. New research on Canada’s methane emissions concludes it would be much cheaper for the energy industry to meet reduction targets for the potent greenhouse gas than it would be to pay carbon taxes on it. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, David Goldman

Oil and gas methane reductions cheaper than paying carbon tax, study finds

‘The federal government’s target for 75 per cent reduction is achievable’

Flares burn off methane and other hydrocarbons at an oil and gas facility in Lenorah, Texas, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. New research on Canada’s methane emissions concludes it would be much cheaper for the energy industry to meet reduction targets for the potent greenhouse gas than it would be to pay carbon taxes on it. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, David Goldman
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault is seen during a news conference in Ottawa, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Guilbeault says there is more work to do with Canadian banks after another round of carbon price rebates went out to Canadians without making it clear what the money is. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Feds ask banks to help make carbon-price rebate deposits more clear

Ottawa is trying to make rebates more visible by sending them directly to people every three months

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault is seen during a news conference in Ottawa, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Guilbeault says there is more work to do with Canadian banks after another round of carbon price rebates went out to Canadians without making it clear what the money is. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Pictured is traffic on the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles. A UVic researcher found carbon pricing mixed with subsidies for drivers to choose cleaner options was one of the most effective mixes at reducing transportation emission in Europe. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

B.C. researcher recommends carrot-and-stick to curb transportation emissions

Study shows how big greenhouse gas cuts are possible as world pushes to meet climate goals

Pictured is traffic on the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles. A UVic researcher found carbon pricing mixed with subsidies for drivers to choose cleaner options was one of the most effective mixes at reducing transportation emission in Europe. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
A man fills up his truck with gas in Toronto, on Monday April 1, 2019. The federal government still owes Canadian families, businesses and municipalities more than $225 million after underestimating how much it would raise from the carbon tax during the first year of the program. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Killing the ‘carbon tax’ is back while some Conservatives seek credible climate plans

A group of longtime Conservatives is advocating for leadership hopefuls to develop credible climate plans

A man fills up his truck with gas in Toronto, on Monday April 1, 2019. The federal government still owes Canadian families, businesses and municipalities more than $225 million after underestimating how much it would raise from the carbon tax during the first year of the program. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
A B.C. government program that uses a portion of the carbon tax paid by emitters to contribute to projects that reduce greenhouse gases in areas such as mining, pulp and paper, cement, agriculture, and oil and gas was won global recognition. Carbon tax costs are reduced if an industry can show they are among the lowest emitting in the world for their sector. (Black Press file photo/ AP Photo / Matthew Brown, File)

Killing the ‘carbon tax’ is back while some Conservatives seek credible climate plans

Conservatives for Clean Growth defines itself as seeking a stable long-term plan to reach net-zero

A B.C. government program that uses a portion of the carbon tax paid by emitters to contribute to projects that reduce greenhouse gases in areas such as mining, pulp and paper, cement, agriculture, and oil and gas was won global recognition. Carbon tax costs are reduced if an industry can show they are among the lowest emitting in the world for their sector. (Black Press file photo/ AP Photo / Matthew Brown, File)
B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman speaks to reporters at the B.C. legislature, May 2018. (Tom Fletcher/Black Press)

B.C. greenhouse gas emissions up 5%, not counting forest offsets

Minister George Heyman off to Glasgow for climate summit

B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman speaks to reporters at the B.C. legislature, May 2018. (Tom Fletcher/Black Press)