British Columbia defers CO2 tax increase until April 2021

Published 23:19 on September 2, 2020  /  Last updated at 00:07 on September 3, 2020  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, Canada, Carbon Taxes

British Columbia will push back the scheduled increase of its C$40/tonne carbon levy by another six months in order to assist COVID-19 economic recovery efforts, the provincial government announced Wednesday.
British Columbia will push back the scheduled increase of its C$40/tonne carbon levy by another six months in order to assist COVID-19 economic recovery efforts, the provincial government announced Wednesday.


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