Premier Scott Moe on Nov. 2, making his speech in response to the speech from the Throne. Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
By Mickey Djuric in Regina
All large greenhouse gas emitters in Saskatchewan will soon be regulated by the provincial government after Ottawa ruled the plan meets national standards.
Saskatchewan and Ottawa jointly announced Tuesday that the federal output-based pricing system for industry will no longer apply in the province starting in 2023.
This comes after Saskatchewan applied to have natural gas pipelines and power plants regulated through its own carbon-pricing system.
The federal system will continue to apply in Manitoba, which did not propose a carbon-pricing system, as well as Prince Edward Island, Yukon and Nunavut.
Saskatchewan says it doesn’t consider its carbon-pricing system a tax because it provides other options to reduce emissions.
Those include paying into a fund to advance green technologies or buying carbon offset credits.
“That allows our industries to continue to innovate. It allows those same industries to grow in this province. It’s a program that is balanced, measured, and takes account unique Saskatchewan circumstances,” Saskatchewan Minister of Environment Dana Skoropad said Tuesday.
Under the program, Saskatchewan will still have to comply with the federal carbon pricing schedule. That price will increase by $15 per year from $65 per tonne of carbon dioxide in 2023 to $170 per tonne 2030.
“We needed to play within the rules,” Skoropad said. “We respect the (federal) carbon pricing (schedule) … and we need to maintain that pricing schedule.”
Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said he’s happy to have provinces raise the bar on their industries in order to meet Canada’s pollution pricing approach.
“We’re all sending a strong message that industry can have confidence and predictability to invest heavily in a low-carbon future,” he said in a statement.
The federal consumer carbon price will continue to apply in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, Ontario, and Yukon.
Residents in those provinces and territories will continue to get quarterly rebate cheques next year.
The federal government says 2023 payments for a family of four will increase to $386 in Alberta, $264 in Manitoba, $244 in Ontario and $340 in Saskatchewan.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 22, 2022.
The Canadian Press
- 0045 WBPC 2023 Bright Colors P0045 WBPC 2023 Bright Colors P
- 0044 PTRC CCUS Aquistore0044 PTRC CCUS Aquistore
- 0043 ALX ten sizes0043 ALX ten sizes
- 0042 Sask Oilfield Services0042 Sask Oilfield Services
- 0039 Summit ESP Saskatchewan lower third0039 Summit ESP Saskatchewan lower third
- 0041 DEEP Since 2018 now we are going to build0041 DEEP Since 2018 now we are going to build
- 0040 Southeast College safety tickets0040 Southeast College safety tickets
- 0033 Buffalo Potash Jared Small Footprint
- 0032 IWS Summer hiring rock trailer music
- 0029 Latus Viro updated Latus phone
- 0025 Kendalls
- 0026 Buffalo Potash Quinton Salt
- 0023 LC Trucking tractor picker hiring mix
- 0022 Grimes winter hiring
- 0021 OSY Rentals S8 Promo
- 0019 Jerry Mainil Ltd hiring dugout
- 0018 IWS Hiring Royal Summer
- 0014 Buffalo Potash What if PO
- 0013 Panther Drilling PO ad 03 top drive rigs
- 0011
- 0006 JK Junior
- 0004 Royal Helium PO Ad 02
- 9001
- 0002