Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax, which rose by 25% to $50 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions on Friday, doesn’t just increase the cost of gasoline.
The tax, which came into effect in 2019 at $20 per tonne and increases annually on April 1, applies to 22 types of fossil fuel energy.
That’s why the cost of almost everything goes up when the carbon tax increases, because almost all goods and services use fossil fuel energy.
