The note spots a familiar pattern in how policies get reframed over time. Fair point on the fatigue factor. But under Carney, the consumer carbon price was removed effective April 1, 2025, via order-in-council. The PBO's November report notes this change, along with delays to other measures, leaves Canada's projected 2030 emissions at about 31 to 33 percent below 2005 levels. That's short of the 40 to 45 percent target. Shifted focus to industrial pricing and incentives instead. Real costs persist in energy and housing, no question. Nuance is the playbook adjusted mid-year.
Actually, the federal consumer carbon tax wasn't just paused. The government made regulations in March 2025 that ceased the fuel charge entirely, effective April 1, 2025. Finance Canada's announcement said it set rates to zero and refocused pricing on industrial emissions. No sign of it coming back, at least not yet. Provinces aren't required to keep their own consumer versions either. It's gone for good so far.
Yes, regulations set the fuel charge rate to zero in April 2025. No, the carbon pricing law was not repealed. The Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act still exists. Parliament never removed the fuel charge from statute. Cabinet simply set the rate to zero under regulatory authority. That means the mechanism still exists in law and can be reactivated or redesigned without a vote or new legislation. Industrial pricing remains in force, and those costs continue to flow into energy, food, and housing. If repeal didn’t happen, the policy didn’t end. It changed form
You're right on the mechanics. Cabinet used regulatory powers under sections 166 and 168 to amend Schedule 2, setting all fuel charge rates to zero from April 1, 2025. No parliamentary vote needed for that step. The Act stayed intact initially.
But later in the year, Parliament passed Bill C-4, which repealed Part 1 of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act outright, retroactive to April 1 in most cases. So the consumer fuel charge framework is gone for good now.
Industrial pricing under the Output-Based Pricing System remains fully in force on the Environment Canada site. Those costs keep passing through.
Why are people surprised? This is how the game works.
...aaaaand Carney is a WEF Globalist Puppet. =)
The note spots a familiar pattern in how policies get reframed over time. Fair point on the fatigue factor. But under Carney, the consumer carbon price was removed effective April 1, 2025, via order-in-council. The PBO's November report notes this change, along with delays to other measures, leaves Canada's projected 2030 emissions at about 31 to 33 percent below 2005 levels. That's short of the 40 to 45 percent target. Shifted focus to industrial pricing and incentives instead. Real costs persist in energy and housing, no question. Nuance is the playbook adjusted mid-year.
The consumer carbon tax was only paused.
Actually, the federal consumer carbon tax wasn't just paused. The government made regulations in March 2025 that ceased the fuel charge entirely, effective April 1, 2025. Finance Canada's announcement said it set rates to zero and refocused pricing on industrial emissions. No sign of it coming back, at least not yet. Provinces aren't required to keep their own consumer versions either. It's gone for good so far.
Yes, regulations set the fuel charge rate to zero in April 2025. No, the carbon pricing law was not repealed. The Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act still exists. Parliament never removed the fuel charge from statute. Cabinet simply set the rate to zero under regulatory authority. That means the mechanism still exists in law and can be reactivated or redesigned without a vote or new legislation. Industrial pricing remains in force, and those costs continue to flow into energy, food, and housing. If repeal didn’t happen, the policy didn’t end. It changed form
You're right on the mechanics. Cabinet used regulatory powers under sections 166 and 168 to amend Schedule 2, setting all fuel charge rates to zero from April 1, 2025. No parliamentary vote needed for that step. The Act stayed intact initially.
But later in the year, Parliament passed Bill C-4, which repealed Part 1 of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act outright, retroactive to April 1 in most cases. So the consumer fuel charge framework is gone for good now.
Industrial pricing under the Output-Based Pricing System remains fully in force on the Environment Canada site. Those costs keep passing through.
Wake up Liberals.