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OTTAWA — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says the federal government does not plan to increase the federal carbon tax after 2022, despite a new report from Canada’s budget watchdog saying the tax would need to more than double by 2030 to meet Canada’s emissions targets under the Paris agreement.

McKenna also announced that Ottawa will impose the federal backstop on Alberta starting Jan. 1, 2020, following Premier Jason Kenney’s decision to repeal as of May 30 the carbon tax the province’s previous NDP government had imposed.

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“It’s unfortunate, because Alberta had a made-in-Alberta plan to put a price on pollution,” she told reporters in Ottawa Thursday. “And we clearly need Alberta to be part of our national climate plan, as Alberta has the highest emissions in the country.”

McKenna said the revenue from the federal carbon tax will be returned to Alberta, with 90 per cent returning directly to households as a rebate, as is the case in the other provinces where the federal backstop has been applied. She said the average family of four in Alberta will receive a rebate of $888 next year.