Federal Government Scales Back Carbon Tax Rebates for Small Businesses

Federal Government Scales Back Carbon Tax Rebates for Small Businesses
A woman gasses up at a gas station in Mississauga, Ont., on Feb. 13, 2024. The Canadian Press/Christopher Katsarov
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The federal government is cutting the amount of money small- and medium-sized businesses will be given from carbon pricing revenues so it can increase the amount of money rebated to rural families.

That’s happening even as the government still owes businesses $2.5 billion in carbon pricing revenues from the first five years of the program.