According to Premier David Eby, his government will scrap British Columbia’s consumer carbon tax if Ottawa scraps the requirement to tax carbon emissions. BC Conservatives Leader John Rustad has also promised to axe the tax if he’s elected premier in the provincial election next month. This is good news for British Columbians.
BC carbon tax
October 30, 2018
8:29AM
For carbon pricing to be efficient and economically benign, it must be emplaced in lieu of regulations.
September 25, 2018
2:51PM
Study assumes the new carbon tax will shift the tax burden from households to businesses without putting businesses at a competitive disadvantage.
May 18, 2018
3:14PM
The theoretical or “ideal” carbon-pricing system has never been implemented.
April 6, 2018
3:58PM
In Ontario, the government expects to rake in $2 billion per year through its cap-and-trade program.
October 12, 2017
10:26AM
Like all taxes, a carbon tax imposes its own burdens and amplifies the economic costs of all other taxes in the economy.
September 15, 2017
8:52AM
Subsidizing wind, solar or other alternative energies distorts the energy market.
July 28, 2017
11:37AM
A new Angus Reid poll suggests that the more people learn about carbon pricing the less they like such schemes.
June 20, 2017
1:33PM
The NDP-Green agreement calls for a 67 per cent increase in B.C.’s carbon tax.