10 MYTHS - ABOUT CARBON PRICING IN CANADA - March 2019 Bev Dahlby

advocates must continue to undertake additional The Ecofiscal Commission hopes that this new efforts to explain the true costs and benefits of carbon report will improve the quality of the debate by pricing to Canadians. [...] MYTH FACT • The federal rebate will cover the direct carbon costs for 80% of households (and 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 GOVERNMENTS price provides to carbon costs for 80% of households (and REBATE THE pollute less. [...] CARBON they don’t change PRICING IF the incentive the • The federal rebate will cover the direct GOVERNMENTS price provides to carbon costs for 80% of households (and REBATE THE pollute less. [...] With the use of rebates, carbon pricing Canadians can avoid the carbon price and collect can change Canadians’ incentives without the rebate affecting affordability Since the size of the federal rebate is fixed based on where you live The objective of carbon pricing is to make Canada cleaner, not poorer.