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By The Canadian Press

Canadians will see drop in carbon tax rebates in 2020

Dec 17, 2019 | 4:08 PM

OTTAWA — The federal government has decreased the carbon tax rebates Canadians can expect in the new year in three provinces.

These provinces have not adopted carbon pricing models that meet federal requirements.

The government has also added Alberta to the mix after that province’s United Conservative party repealed the previous government’s consumer carbon tax.

The biggest drop in the rebate will be in Saskatchewan, where the federal Finance Department says a family of four will qualify for rebates totalling 809 dollars in 2020, down from 903.

In Ontario, the rebate for a family of four has been set at 448 dollars, down from 451.

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Families in Manitoba will receive 486 dollars, a decrease from 499.

A family of four in Alberta will see a rebate of 888 dollars in 2020.

The rebates are meant to offset the added consumer costs resulting from Ottawa’s carbon tax of 20 dollars per tonne of carbon emitted into the atmosphere for 2020, rising to 30 dollars per tonne in 2021.