The one-time 'BC Affordability Credit' is being disbursed as an add-on to the already scheduled Climate Action Tax Credit, which offsets the province's carbon tax.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has pledged to remove the province’s carbon tax by May 30. Once that happens, the federal backstop is expected to take its place. We look at which tax is easier on the average Albertan's pocketbook.

Canada's budget watchdog agrees with the federal government's claim that Canadians are going to get more from the climate change tax rebate than they are paying in carbon tax.