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CARBON PRICING MYTHS DEBUNKED - Learn more at ecofiscal.ca/myths MYTH FACT

19 Mar 2019

CARBON PRICING The federal the revenues as a credit when they file ON POLLUTION IS and carbon IS A CASH GRAB government is their income taxes. [...] carbon pricing • The remaining 10% will fund eiciency have worked for • The new federal carbon price will rise to revenues to the projects for small businesses, schools, and decades. [...] carbon costs for 80% of households (and The more you cut your emissions, the less CARBON PRICING The carbon price is total costs for 70%). [...] CARBON they don’t change PRICING IF the incentive the • The federal rebate will cover the direct to families to ensure • Provinces such as Quebec and Alberta also GOVERNMENTS price provides to carbon costs for 80% of households (and carbon pricing is fund infrastructure and public transit, REBATE THE pollute less. [...] For example, CARBON Carbon pricing will suggests it did not significantly aect WE CAN USE Carbon pricing is Quebec’s electric vehicle subsidies are PRICING HURTS change the kinds the overall number of jobs one way or OTHER, BETTER the fairest and very expensive—about $395 per tonne of JOBS of work we do, not the other.

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