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Albertans will see a hike to the provincial carbon tax in the new year, but the next increase won’t come until at least 2021, Environment Minister Shannon Phillips said Friday.

Under the NDP government’s climate leadership plan, the broad-based carbon levy, introduced at a rate of $20 per tonne at the start of this year, will increase to $30 per tonne on Jan. 1, 2018.

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“Thereafter, our carbon price increases will track with the federal legislation that will be in place at that time,” said Phillips at a federal funding announcement.

“We’ve been clear about that from Day 1.”

Under the federal Liberal government’s plan mandating carbon pricing initiatives by the province, the tax would only move to $40 in 2021. In 2022, the price is slated to increase to $50 per tonne.

The Trudeau government originally planned to impose a mandatory carbon price of $10 per tonne in 2018, but federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Friday that provinces will only have to submit their plans by the end of next year.