Alberta to negotiate escalating large emitter CO2 price with federal government

Published 20:33 on November 1, 2019  /  Last updated at 20:37 on November 1, 2019  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, Canada, Carbon Taxes

Alberta has not committed to raise the province’s carbon price under its proposed output-based pricing system in line with Ottawa’s ‘backstop’ rate for 2021, as a provincial official said Friday that it would instead negotiate with the Canadian federal government on the topic.
Alberta has not committed to raise the province’s carbon price under its proposed output-based pricing system in line with Ottawa’s ‘backstop’ rate for 2021, as a provincial official said Friday that it would instead negotiate with the Canadian federal government on the topic.


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