Nova Scotia Won’t Use Revenues From Fuel Tax to Buffer Effects of Carbon Pricing

Nova Scotia Won’t Use Revenues From Fuel Tax to Buffer Effects of Carbon Pricing
Nova Scotia Finance Minister Allan MacMaster at the legislature in Halifax on March 29, 2022. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan
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Halifax — Nova Scotia’s finance minister says his government won’t use revenue from its fuel tax to buffer the effects of Ottawa’s carbon-pricing program.

Allan MacMaster says all of the tax collected from fuels — including the 15.5 cents per litre added to the price of gasoline — goes toward fixing the province’s roads, and he said that won’t change.