B.C. gov’t to cut consumer carbon tax entirely in April
Posted March 25, 2025 2:50 pm.
Last Updated March 25, 2025 2:53 pm.
The B.C. government says it’s getting rid of the consumer carbon tax entirely, as soon as the legislative assembly resumes its session next week.
The government had earlier promised to pause a scheduled increase on the tax with the news that the federal government was pressing pause on Ottawa’s price on carbon and lifting the requirement for provinces.
In an update Tuesday, the B.C. government says it’s “not only halting the scheduled tax increase” but tabling legislation to dismantle the province’s carbon tax altogether.
A statement from the Ministry of Finance says the BC NDP will table legislation on Monday, March 31, to remove the tax effective April 1.
“As the federal government removes the requirement that B.C. have a carbon tax in place, we will act quickly so the people of British Columbia don’t feel the pinch when filling their cars or heating their homes,” Premier David Eby said last week.
Eby said the province will “continue to ensure that big industrial polluters pay their fair share” by regulating the price on carbon for big emitters.
On Tuesday, the statement said B.C. also offers industrial emitters “cost-effective ways to cut emissions.”
The province says it expects fuel and natural gas sellers to “make every effort to ensure their customers are not charged the carbon tax on purchases” as of the first of next month.
