Premier Blaine Higgs Says Province Will Consider Its Own Carbon Tax Plan
Oct 22, 2019
by Brad Perry
FREDERICTON – New Brunswick’s premier says the province will have to find a way to make a carbon tax work.
Blaine Higgs made the comments in a scrum with reporters after the federal Liberals were re-elected for another term Monday.
“People voted for [a carbon tax] so we have to find a way in New Brunswick to make it work.”
The federal government imposed a carbon pricing backstop on New Brunswick after rejecting the province’s original carbon plan.
The province submitted a revised plan in June, but Higgs said they are still waiting to hear if it will be accepted.
“Our position was always let the industry pay for the technology to put into research and development and not force taxpayers to pay that.”
Under New Brunswick’s proposed plan, large industrial emitters would be required to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 10 percent by 2030. The province has said the standards fall within the range of what the federal government has approved for other jurisdictions.
Higgs was asked Tuesday if the province would consider its own carbon tax on consumers as a substitute to the federal government’s backstop.
“Yes, yes I will,” he said. “I can’t ignore the obvious here.”
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