Thursday, June 7, 2007

Quebec to apply Canada's first carbon tax

(Reuters) - For motorists, the tax amounts to 0.8 Canadian cents for
each liter of gasoline.




The tax, proposed more than a year ago, takes effect
October 1 and will be applied on other hydrocarbons at
different rates, including per-liter taxes of 0.9 Canadian
cents for diesel fuel and 0.96 Canadian cents for light heating
oil, as well as C$8 a metric ton for coal.


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