Carbon tax: PM says Sask. residents will still receive rebates [Video]

Households in Saskatchewan will continue to receive Canada Carbon Rebate payments, despite the province refusing to remit the federal carbon price on natural gas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday.

Last fall, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe warned that his province would stop collecting the fuel charge from residents in the new year. Then, in late February, the province announced it would no longer remit the carbon price on natural gas to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

The federal government pushed back at Saskatchewan at the time, with Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson calling the provincial government “reckless and irresponsible.”

He added the provincial government was “attacking the people of Saskatchewan and their wallets,” and that while Ottawa would have to “work through the mechanics of it,” no remittance would mean no rebates.

“Rebates are paid out based on the collection of funds,” he said. “If you’re not collecting funds, what are you rebating?”