Alberta Carbon Tax

• Alberta to maintain industrial carbon price freeze for 2026, leaving Ottawa to act

  Alberta was set to increase the price to $110 per tonne starting next year — in line with the federal schedule — but now says it's keeping the freeze in place for 2026.

  Politics

  Sep 17, 2025
  
• Alberta premier weighing changes to ‘tidy’ up sovereignty bill amid concerns

  Alberta has "tried to be a constructive partner" and it "hasn't worked," Premier Danielle Smith said. "So we've got to try something different."

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2022
  
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• Alberta urges federal government to stop carbon tax increase

  Alberta's UCP government will be introducing a motion to urge the federal Liberal government to halt the carbon tax increase scheduled to take effect April 1.

  Canada

  Mar 28, 2022
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• Hoping for win in court, Alberta did not prepare carbon tax backup plan

  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government didn't prepare a fallback plan on implementing a consumer carbon tax because it was hoping to win in the country's top court.

  Politics

  Mar 26, 2021
• Alberta government ‘obviously disappointed’ with Supreme Court ruling on federal carbon price: Kenney

  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said his government is "obviously disappointed" with the ruling, and said it will take time to study the final decision in detail.

  Environment

  Mar 25, 2021
• Canada’s carbon price is constitutional, Supreme Court rules

  The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday has given the federal government the constitutional green light to impose a carbon tax on the provinces.

  Canada

  Mar 25, 2021
• Is the federal carbon tax constitutional? Supreme Court to deliver ruling on Thursday

  It could be a landmark decision on the division between federal and provincial powers, in areas that were not on the radar when Canada became a country more than 150 years ago.

  Canada

  Mar 24, 2021
• Supreme Court of Canada to rule on whether carbon tax is constitutional next week

  A ruling on the constitutionality of the Liberal carbon tax is expected from the Supreme Court of Canada on March 25.

  Canada

  Mar 19, 2021
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• Sales, carbon tax needed to counter Alberta’s ‘rapid’ fiscal deterioration, business council says

  The Business Council of Alberta says the province needs to address its income and expenditures to make sure its finances are sustainable.

  Politics

  Feb 17, 2021
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• Supreme Court reserves judgment in Canada’s carbon tax cases

  A decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on the constitutionality of the carbon tax could take several more months.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2020