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12:09 AM IST, 12 Dec 202012:09 AM IST, 12 Dec 2020Save(Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped up efforts to hit Canada’s emissions targets by 2030, pledging billions in new money to combat climate change and increasing his government’s carbon tax. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped up efforts to hit Canada’s emissions targets by 2030, pledging billions in new money to combat climate change and increasing his government’s carbon tax.The measures, announced Friday in Ottawa by Trudeau and Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, seek to put the resource-rich northern nation on track to cut greenhouse-gas emissions by as much as 40% below 2005 levels by the end of this decade, versus the current 30% goal.Central to achieving that will be an increase in the government’s to C$170 ($133) per metric ton by 2030. It was already on track to hit C$50 two years from now, and will increase by C$15 a year after that. Though revenue from the levy is returned to the provinces via consumer rebates, it’s being by oil-producing Alberta and others.“There are still places in this country that want pollution to be free again,” Trudeau told reporters. “We are going to continue to increase the price on pollution and give more money back to Canadians and their families.”The plan -- titled “” -- is Trudeau’s effort to bring some momentum to a climate change agenda that has persistently failed to meet targets. It also puts his government in sync with Joe Biden on environmental policy. The president-elect has vowed the U.S. will achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and rejoin the Paris climate agreement abandoned by President Donald Trump. Canada had been on track to miss its 2030 goals.Trudeau’s pledge comes ahead of a key United Nations this weekend. Hosted by the U.K., the gathering comes five years after the Paris agreement and ahead of the pandemic-postponed COP26 summit in Glasgow. European Union leaders agreed Friday to by at least 55% by 2030, up from 40% previously.“Every order of government, every sector of the economy, every region, every community, every Canadian has a role to play in this moment of our shared history,” Wilkinson said in the document. “This plan is not an end point. Reaching the goal will require a sustained effort for years and decades to come.”The carbon tax plan faces opposition from some provincial governments and industry groups. Alberta, which has one of Canada’s highest unemployment rates after the oil collapse earlier this year, said it will continue with plans to challenge the tax in court.Alberta Environment Minister Jason Nixon called the tax “another attack on Alberta’s economy and Alberta’s jurisdiction” and said it would suppress investment and raise costs. “This is not the time to be considering increasing the cost of living for people of Alberta,” he said at a news conference.Trudeau’s team pledged C$15 billion in new spending over 10 years, some of which will be funneled through funded by the retooled Canada Infrastructure Bank.Measures announced Friday include:The increase in the carbon levy will translate to drivers paying nearly 38 Canadian cents more per liter of gas at the pumps by the end of the decade, officials at Wilkinson’s department said in a briefing. Costs for home heating oil, natural gas and propane will also rise.But the government has scaled back plans for a new fuel benchmark. “The scope of the Clean Fuel Standard has been narrowed to cover only liquid fossil fuels, like gasoline, diesel and oil, which are mainly used in the transportation sector,” according to a background document. The standard had been initially designed to cover gaseous and solid fuels as well.Some business groups are looking for exemptions. Chicken farmers should receive relief from carbon charges on the natural gas and propane they use to heat barns because they produce food that “should not come with an additional fee,” said Lisa Bishop-Spencer, director of brand and communications for Chicken Farmers of Canada.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.Add BQ Prime App to home screen.INSTALL APP

12:09 AM IST, 12 Dec 202012:09 AM IST, 12 Dec 2020Save(Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped up efforts to hit Canada’s emissions targets by 2030, pledging billions in new money to combat climate change and increasing his government’s carbon tax. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped up efforts to hit Canada’s emissions targets by 2030, pledging billions in new money to combat climate change and increasing his government’s carbon tax.The measures, announced Friday in Ottawa by Trudeau and Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, seek to put the resource-rich northern nation on...

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