Carbon Price Rising to $50 a Tonne Today, Adds 2.2 Cents to a Litre of Gas

Carbon Price Rising to $50 a Tonne Today, Adds 2.2 Cents to a Litre of Gas
A man fills up his truck with gas in Toronto in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Christopher Katsarov
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The national price on pollution will go up another $10 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions as scheduled today in most provinces.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is withstanding political pressure to delay or cancel the increase as fuel prices surge due mainly to the Russian invasion in Ukraine.