Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Environment_and_Climate_Change_Canada
gptkb:Canada_Revenue_Agency
gptkbp:affects consumers in backstop provinces
fuel producers and distributors
large industrial emitters
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs federal carbon tax
gptkbp:appliesTo greenhouse gas emissions
provinces and territories without equivalent carbon pricing
gptkbp:backstopProvinces gptkb:Alberta
gptkb:Manitoba
gptkb:New_Brunswick
gptkb:Nunavut
gptkb:Ontario
gptkb:Prince_Edward_Island
gptkb:Saskatchewan
gptkb:Yukon
gptkbp:carbonPriceIncrease $10 per tonne annually until $50 per tonne in 2022
gptkbp:carbonPricePlannedIncrease $170 per tonne by 2030
gptkbp:carbonPriceStart $20 per tonne CO2e in 2019
gptkbp:citation S.C. 2018, c. 12, s. 186
gptkbp:dateEnacted 2018
gptkbp:dividedInto Part 1
Part 2
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_Canada
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
gptkbp:legalChallenge gptkb:Alberta
gptkb:Ontario
gptkb:Saskatchewan
gptkbp:opposedBy some provincial governments
gptkbp:Part_1 fuel charge
gptkbp:Part_2 output-based pricing system
gptkbp:partOf Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change
gptkbp:purpose to establish a federal carbon pricing system
gptkbp:relatedTo carbon pricing
climate change mitigation
Canadian environmental law
gptkbp:revenue funding for climate action programs
rebates to individuals and families
gptkbp:shortName GGPPA
gptkbp:supports environmental organizations
gptkbp:SupremeCourtDecision March 25, 2021
upheld as constitutional in 2021
federal government has authority to enact law under Peace, Order, and Good Government clause
gptkbp:website https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/pricing-pollution-how-it-will-work.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Climate_Action_Incentive
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6