The carbon tax is coming into effect on Monday.
The tax will cause the price of gas to rise by 4.6 cents per litre to about 120.9.
Dan McTeague with Gas Buddy says for farmers as long as they’re doing work on their farms the carbon tax won’t have a huge impact.
McTeague says it will be disruptive and the tax has an intention of getting you out of your vehicle, but will it work?
“No, because the efficiency we see in vehicles is coming because of jurisdictions like the United States that have better emissions on new vehicles without the need to tax the consumer. Smart regulations are the way to go as opposed to hitting consumers."
By 2022 we will be paying an additional 11 almost 12 cents for the carbon tax without additional taxes. Those that use diesel will be paying even more for the carbon tax.
Due to the GST in Manitoba, we could be paying closer to 14 cents from the carbon tax by 2022.
