Federal Climate Plan Includes Carbon Tax Increases Through 2030

Federal Climate Plan Includes Carbon Tax Increases Through 2030
The Irving Oil Refinery is seen in Saint John, N.B., on Jan. 29, 2019. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan
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OTTAWA—The federal government has released a climate change plan that includes steady increases to its carbon tax in each of the next 10 years.

The federal price on carbon will continue to increase by $10 a tonne until it reaches $50 per tonne in 2022. The price is to jump $15 a tonne after that until it reaches $170 by 2030.