Community Carbon Cost Alberta Municipalities hit with $37 million Carbon Tax Tab in 2023 by Laura Mitchell
The cost on municipalities includes: Lloydminster: $422,248 Calgary: $1,230,300 (estimate) Medicine Hat: $876,237 Lethbridge: $1,398,000 (estimate)
0.6 per cent, providing direct financial relief to residents and businesses in Grande Prairie.” Conducted in October, the survey asked municipal districts, towns and cities in Alberta to disclose the amount of carbon tax paid out for the heating and electrifying of municipal assets and fuel for fleet vehicles. With these funds, Alberta municipalities could have hired 7,789 high school students at $15 per hour last year with the amount paid to Ottawa.
Grande Prairie: $757,562 Crowsnest Pass: $71,100 Red Deer: $1,495,945 Bonnyville: $19,484 Hinton: $66,829
New data shows the painful economic impact of the federal carbon tax on municipalities.
than $37 million in federal carbon taxes in 2023, based on a recent survey commissioned by Alberta Municipal Affairs, with data provided to the Canadian Energy Centre.
About $760,000 of that came from the City of Grande Prairie. In a statement, Mayor Jackie Clayton said “if the carbon tax were removed, City property taxes could be reduced by
Municipalities in Alberta paid out more
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