Trudeau says Saskatchewan to get carbon rebates despite province not paying levies
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Saskatchewan residents will continue to get carbon rebates even though the province has stopped remitting levies from natural gas to Ottawa.
Trudeau said Tuesday in Saskatoon the Canada Revenue Agency has mechanisms to collect money the province owes.
“We’re going to continue to deliver the Canada carbon rebate to families right across to Saskatchewan despite the fact that Premier Moe is not sending that money to Ottawa right now,” he told reporters at an unrelated news conference.
“The Canada Revenue Agency has ways of ensuring money that is owed to them is eventually collected.