FEDERAL CARBON TAX, BY PROVINCE

Here is a breakdown of how each province stands to be affected. The costs and rebates vary because some provinces rely more heavily on coal, diesel and natural gas than others.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

P.E.I. is implementing a carbon tax that will meet the federal standard, but has asked

Ottawa to apply the federal backstop to large industrial emitters in that province.

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.

NONE OF THE ABOVE

Quebec, Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and the Northwest Territories already have carbon pricing systems in place, or plan to implement carbon prices that Ottawa says will meet the federal standard. However,

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has said that province’s carbon levy will not increase as planned until the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is built, and opposition leader Jason Kenney has vowed to scrap the carbon tax if he is elected next year.