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Publishing date: Apr 27, 2021  â¢Â 2 hours ago  â¢Â 4 minute read  â¢Â A motorist fills up with gas at the Petro-Canada station in downtown Edmonton on Tuesday December 31, 2019. Alberta has to decide whether to stick with the federal carbon pricing backstop or implement its own plan. The former costs drivers more at the pump, but the latter would not necessarily have to. Photo by (PHOTO BY LARRY WONG/POSTMEDIA)
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Itâs been four weeks since Canadaâs top court ruled against Alberta and deemed the carbon tax constitutional.
That means the federal backstop plan is here to stay, for now. Under that plan, an Alberta family of four will get $981 back on their 2020 income taxes, and for most, that will be more than they paid through the carbon tax last year.
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It’s been four weeks since Canada’s top court ruled against Alberta and deemed the carbon tax constitutional.
That means the federal backstop plan is here to stay, for now. Under that plan, an Alberta family of four will get $981 back on their 2020 income taxes, and for most, that will be more than they paid through the carbon tax last year.
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Ottawa has set the price of carbon at $40 a tonne, and that will progressively grow to $170 by 2030.