Saskatchewan’s move to no longer remit the federal carbon levy on natural gas turned into a tit-for-tat of threats Thursday, with Ottawa saying the province’s residents will no longer be getting rebates.
Premier Scott Moe shot back by saying Saskatchewan should stop sending Ottawa the levy on everything else.
“If the (federal) government follows through on this threat, they will once again be penalizing Saskatchewan families for wanting to be treated the same as other Canadians,” Moe wrote on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Moe said while the province’s natural gas utility, SaskEnergy, has stopped remitting the federal charge,
