The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is warning Atlantic Canadians the federal Liberal government’s carbon tax hike will increase gas prices and home heating bills..“The Trudeau government continues to mislead Canadians, but the government’s independent budget watchdog proves the federal carbon tax is costing families hundreds of dollars even after the rebates,” Federal Director of the CTF Franco Terrazzano said..“Despite the government’s spin, the carbon tax will mean higher gas prices and home heating bills for Atlantic Canadians.”.The CTF said the Trudeau government claims that “families are going to be better off” with its carbon tax and rebate scheme. However, a Parliamentary Budget Officer report shows the carbon tax will cost the average household between $402 and $847 in 2023, even after the rebates..The federal government announced it will impose its carbon tax in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador next July. The federal carbon tax will be $65 per tonne in July 2023..The federal carbon tax will add 14 cents per litre to the price of gasoline and 12 cents per cubic metre of natural gas..“Cash-strapped Atlantic Canadians can’t afford to pay more at the pumps and on home heating," interim Atlantic Director of the CTF Jay Goldberg said..“The federal carbon tax already costs families hundreds of dollars a year in the rest of Canada even after the rebates. The federal carbon tax will break family budgets across the region.”.The federal carbon tax in Canada costs $50 per tonne of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) in 2022, rising to $65 per tonne in 2023 and $170 by 2030..A survey data from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business in 2020, the first year of the tax, found 82% of farmers said the federal carbon tax is negatively impacting their business. On average, farmers estimated they would pay almost $14,000 in federal carbon taxes in the first year it applies to them..When former federal Conservative leader Erin O’Toole reversed a decade of Tory policy — and his own written promise — by pledging a carbon tax of his own, he faced criticism from within his own party, contributing to his removal from the top job..And once the Conservative caucus voted to remove O’Toole, interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen quickly shelved his carbon price policy..Pierre Poilievre said he opposes a carbon tax and has taken shots at both Charest and Patrick Brown, who both supported carbon taxes as provincial leaders..“I’m the only candidate for prime minister that will protect people’s paycheques and make life more affordable by cancelling the carbon tax,” Poilievre said in Regina on March 4..Gas in Newfoundland and Labrador was priced at $1.72 per litre on Tuesday..The federal carbon tax is going to up that amount to 37 cents per litre by 2030.
