Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has always had a bee in his bonnet about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal carbon tax..But seemingly he has no problem increasing the provincial one this week..Kenney’s first bill after becoming premier was to revoke the provincial carbon tax introduced by the previous NDP government..When the federal carbon tax began, however, Kenney took the federal government to the Supreme Court in an attempt to overturn the tax as unconstitutional. The court eventually ruled against him..Since he lost his case at the Supreme Court, Kenney has not missed a beat when the opportunity to lambast Trudeau’s carbon has arisen..Kenney has referred to the federal carbon tax increase as “an April Fool’s joke.”.He announced at a Monday press conference he would introduce a bill in the Alberta legislature right away to “clearly demonstrate [his] opposition to the Trudeau government’s April Fool’s Day prank of hiking the carbon tax.”.The premier made his contempt for the tax very clear at the conference, and claimed the tax’s goal is to “make life less affordable for people” and calling it a “green-left” policy..Trudeau’s hike comes even as gas prices break records throughout Canada — downtown Vancouver has seen $2 per litre at the pumps. .The 25% increase will raise the price of greenhouse gas emissions from $40 per tonne to $50. The Liberals stated that they will continue to increase that cost by $15 per year until 2030, by which time it will have reached $170 per tonne..In a last-minute attempt to get Trudeau to scrap a planned carbon tax increase on April 1, Alberta’s premier is requesting an audience with the prime minister. . kenneyAlberta Premier Jason Kenney. Image courtesy Toronto Star .In a move to lighten the load for Alberta’s taxpayers, Kenney announced in early March the province would suspend collection of the the Alberta provincial fuel tax on April 1. The saving will reduce the price of a litre of gas and diesel by 13 cents..“Albertans simply need the relief,” Kenney said to reporters at the press conference, while complaining about the federal plan to raise the carbon tax on gasoline to 11 cents per litre from 8.8 cents in April..Kenney’s consistent focus on the federal carbon tax might be considered rather disingenuous given Kenney’s UCP had already introduced its own provincial carbon tax hike to kick in on the same day as the federal hike — April 1..On December 1 2021, Jason Nixon, minister for environment and parks, signed Ministerial Order 87/2021, which will increase the industrial emissions carbon tax — titled the Technology Innovation and Emission Reduction (TIER) — that Alberta’s energy corporations must pay..That industrial provincial carbon tax will increase by a whopping 20% in effect immediately the new fiscal year begins April 1..Amanda Brown is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.abrown@westernstandardonline.com.,.Twitter: @WS_JournoAmanda
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has always had a bee in his bonnet about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal carbon tax..But seemingly he has no problem increasing the provincial one this week..Kenney’s first bill after becoming premier was to revoke the provincial carbon tax introduced by the previous NDP government..When the federal carbon tax began, however, Kenney took the federal government to the Supreme Court in an attempt to overturn the tax as unconstitutional. The court eventually ruled against him..Since he lost his case at the Supreme Court, Kenney has not missed a beat when the opportunity to lambast Trudeau’s carbon has arisen..Kenney has referred to the federal carbon tax increase as “an April Fool’s joke.”.He announced at a Monday press conference he would introduce a bill in the Alberta legislature right away to “clearly demonstrate [his] opposition to the Trudeau government’s April Fool’s Day prank of hiking the carbon tax.”.The premier made his contempt for the tax very clear at the conference, and claimed the tax’s goal is to “make life less affordable for people” and calling it a “green-left” policy..Trudeau’s hike comes even as gas prices break records throughout Canada — downtown Vancouver has seen $2 per litre at the pumps. .The 25% increase will raise the price of greenhouse gas emissions from $40 per tonne to $50. The Liberals stated that they will continue to increase that cost by $15 per year until 2030, by which time it will have reached $170 per tonne..In a last-minute attempt to get Trudeau to scrap a planned carbon tax increase on April 1, Alberta’s premier is requesting an audience with the prime minister. . kenneyAlberta Premier Jason Kenney. Image courtesy Toronto Star .In a move to lighten the load for Alberta’s taxpayers, Kenney announced in early March the province would suspend collection of the the Alberta provincial fuel tax on April 1. The saving will reduce the price of a litre of gas and diesel by 13 cents..“Albertans simply need the relief,” Kenney said to reporters at the press conference, while complaining about the federal plan to raise the carbon tax on gasoline to 11 cents per litre from 8.8 cents in April..Kenney’s consistent focus on the federal carbon tax might be considered rather disingenuous given Kenney’s UCP had already introduced its own provincial carbon tax hike to kick in on the same day as the federal hike — April 1..On December 1 2021, Jason Nixon, minister for environment and parks, signed Ministerial Order 87/2021, which will increase the industrial emissions carbon tax — titled the Technology Innovation and Emission Reduction (TIER) — that Alberta’s energy corporations must pay..That industrial provincial carbon tax will increase by a whopping 20% in effect immediately the new fiscal year begins April 1..Amanda Brown is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.abrown@westernstandardonline.com.,.Twitter: @WS_JournoAmanda
