New Brunswick Carbon Tax

• New Brunswick adopts Ottawa’s carbon pricing plan, but premier isn’t happy about it

  New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says his government will align the province's carbon pricing plan with Ottawa's so-called backstop program.

  Canada

  Feb 16, 2023
  
• Carbon pricing lets industry ‘off the hook’ for emissions, N.B. conservation council says

  According to the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, large industrial emitters won't pay carbon tax on 82 per cent of their emissions.

  Environment

  Nov 23, 2022
  
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• Atlantic provinces are expected to submit carbon pricing plans to Ottawa

  Today is the deadline for the four Atlantic provinces to submit their plans to the federal government on how they will price carbon pollution.

  Environment

  Sep 2, 2022
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• N.B. cabinet still deciding what to do with $28 million in carbon tax revenue

  There are reportedly four options on the table for the carbon tax, including rebates, but Higgs has declined to say what else is in consideration or when a decision might be made.

  Politics

  Mar 18, 2021
• Ottawa approves new carbon tax proposal from New Brunswick

  The decision means the Liberal carbon tax will no longer apply there but a provincial one will.

  Canada

  Dec 11, 2019
• New Brunswick says new carbon pricing plan would reduce price of gasoline

  New Brunswick was hit with the federal carbon tax because it was one of the provinces that had not implemented its own carbon-pricing scheme.

  Economy

  Nov 20, 2019
• New Brunswick submits second part of new carbon plan to Ottawa for approval

  Premier Blaine Higgs said he's hoping for a decision soon but knows the new federal cabinet has to be in place first.

  Environment

  Nov 19, 2019
• N.B. sends controversial carbon tax stickers to gas stations across the province

  The province has sent out stickers denouncing the carbon tax to 500 gas stations in New Brunswick.

  Politics

  Jun 5, 2019
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• Canadian Taxpayers Federation calling on Ottawa to scrap carbon tax over high gas taxes in N.B.

  New Brunswick is now paying some of the highest gas taxes in the country.

  Politics

  May 16, 2019
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• Impact of carbon tax on New Brunswick businesses remains murky

  "We don't know what the trickle-down effect is going to look like," said Saint John Chamber of Commerce CEO David Duplisea.

  Economy

  Apr 1, 2019