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OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate edged up to 2.0 per cent in April from 1.9 per cent in March, driven in part by a carbon levy that pushed up gasoline prices in six provinces, Statistics Canada data showed on Wednesday.

Prices gained 0.4 per cent from the previous month, led by a 10 per cent rise in gasoline prices, Statistics Canada said, in line with a Reuters survey of analysts. The annual rate rose to the Bank of Canada’s 2.0 per cent target for the first time since December.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slapped a carbon levy on four provinces in April because they had not followed federal guidelines to create their own carbon pricing plan. Two other provinces also increased their carbon levies in April.