Carbon levy will increase to $20 per tonne in 2016 and $30 in 2017.

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Environment Minister Shannon Phillips announced the existing $15-per-tonne levy will increase to $20 per tonne next year and $30 per tonne in 2017.


The system introduced by the former Tory government requires industrial facilities — such as oilsands operations and coal-fired power plants — that emit more than 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year to cut emissions intensity by 12 per cent below a baseline.


Under the NDP’s plan, that target will stay the same this year, but increase to 15 per cent in 2016 and 20 per cent in 2017.


“We elected to take an important first step to signal a further action on climate change. That is something that we saw successive previous governments dither on, put it off, never any real decisions,” Phillips said in Edmonton.




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[Tecumsehsbones]

They'll just pass on the cost to consumers.

 

[taxslave]

They'll just pass on the cost to consumers.

+20% shipping and handling.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

+20% shipping and handling.

As they do with all costs.

It's always funny to hear tax "rebels" (read: whiners) piss and moan about how "They'll pass on the cost to consumers!" as if that's somehow unique to taxes and regulatory requirements. Producers pass on ALL costs to consumers. It's called "pricing."