Feds admit to spending $43 million annually to administer the carbon tax
An inquiry of ministry posed by Alberta Conservative MP Chris Warkentin forced the Environment and Climate Change ministry to divulge the ballooning make-work project for the public sector. The operational costs of the carbon tax during the 2021-2022 fiscal year were a combined $43 million and resulted in the full-time equivalent salaries of slightly over 333 employees.
The carbon tax has two employee-heavy components; 300 federal bureaucrats are required to manage the direct-to-consumer fuel surcharge program, at a cost of $38.4 million.
Another 33 administer the output-based pricing system on so-called polluters at a cost of $4.36 million.
The Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act received royal assent in 2018, came into effect in 2019 and has risen from $20/tonne in 2019 to $50/tonne in 2022.
The carbon tax is scheduled to hit $170/tonne by 2030.
Sheila Gunn Reid
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Sheila Gunn Reid is the Editor-in-Chief, Alberta Bureau Chief, member of the board of directors, and host of The Gunn Show at Rebel News. Sheila also serves as President of the Independent Press Gallery of Canada. A mother of three and longtime conservative activist, Sheila is the author of bestselling books, including her most recent release, Independence Blueprint: What Alberta Can Learn From Quebec.
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