It’s been a full six months since Alberta introduced its economy-wide carbon levy and the sky has not fallen.
In fact, unlike what many politicians and pundits were predicting ahead of the implementation of the $20/tonne carbon levy, the cost of gasoline at the pumps hasn’t spiked — and has in fact been consistently lower than when politicians like Jason Kenney and Derek Fildebrandt made photo ops by filling jerry cans ahead of January 1, the date the carbon tax took effect.
The question now is less about whether the carbon price is going to be implemented, and more about what the (Read more…) — $3.85 billion over three years — is actually going to pay for.
Here are 10 ways carbon levy revenues are being used to create a better quality of life and lower emissions in Alberta.