The federal government has said, despite opposition from Manitoba, that they will go ahead with a carbon tax in the province to start in 2019.
Earlier this week, Premier Brian Pallister and the Conservative provincial government announced they were pulling out of the national carbon tax strategy, in favour of the "Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan". According to the same legal experts that advised Manitoba to pull out of the carbon tax, the federal government can impose the tax even though they face opposition to it.
When it comes to revenues collected via the carbon tax; it's still unclear how much, if any, of the revenue will stay in Manitoba, and how it will be used.
