Carbon price to cost Saskatchewan families $525 this year: taxpayers federation
Global News
The carbon price is set to increase on Monday, to 17 cents per litre of gasoline, 21 cents per litre of diesel and 15 cents per cubic metre of natural gas.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to scrap the carbon price, which is set to increase on Monday, saying the average cost to Saskatchewan families is $525 this year.
The additional dollars are calculated after families receive the federal carbon price rebates, according to the CTF.
“If Trudeau cares about making life more affordable, then at the very least he wouldn’t hike his carbon tax again,” said Gage Haubrich, CTF Prairie director. “The Parliamentary Budget Officer is clear. The carbon tax costs the average Saskatchewan family hundreds of dollars more every year than they get back in rebates.”
The federal carbon price is set to increase at the pumps and in homes on Monday, to 17 cents per litre of gasoline, 21 cents per litre of diesel and 15 cents per cubic metre of natural gas.
Haubrich said Saskatchewan people won’t be able to afford this next hike and that they couldn’t afford what was already in place.
“The carbon tax makes it more expensive to fuel our cars and fill our fridges. Trudeau should listen to Saskatchewanians and stop hiking taxes that make our lives more expensive.”
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