Carbon Tax Hike Shows High Cost of Federal Scheme vs Quebec’s

Carbon Tax Hike Shows High Cost of Federal Scheme vs Quebec’s
A refinery near Quebec City in a file photo. CP PHOTO/Jacques Boissinot
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The April 1 increase in the federal carbon tax to $40 per tonne highlights the high cost of the federal pricing scheme compared with the cost to Quebecers under their provincial cap-and-trade policy, whose current carbon price is roughly half that amount.

Lee Harding
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Lee Harding is a journalist and think tank researcher based in Saskatchewan, and a contributor to The Epoch Times.
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