Ottawa exempting rural home heating oil from carbon tax for 3 years, Trudeau says
The government is creating a rural carve-out for the carbon tax on home heating, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.
Government will also double the rural supplement in the carbon tax rebate program
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The government is creating a rural carve-out for the carbon tax on home heating, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.
The government will exempt home heating oil from the tax for three years, double the rural supplement in the rebate program and offer new programs Trudeau said will help rural Canadians switch to alternative heating sources.
The federal carbon tax applies in provinces and territories that don’t have carbon pricing systems that Ottawa considers sufficient to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Households in those provinces receive a rebate to offset the tax.
The tax is currently priced at $65 per tonne of emissions and is set to rise by $15 every year until 2030.
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