YUKON AND NUNAVUT

The two territories have asked Ottawa to apply the federal backstop in their jurisdictions. The federal government has said that any jurisdiction that asks for the federal backstop will be allowed to decide how to spend the revenue itself. The carbon tax will come into effect in July 2019 in all three territories, with a full exemption for aviation fuel. Diesel-fired electricity generation in remote communities is also exempted from the federal carbon price.