Draft Regulations Amending Part 1 of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act and the Fuel Charge Regulations, No. 2

Part 1 of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act

1 Table 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing ActFootnote ¹ is amended by adding the following in numerical order:

• Return to footnote ¹S.C. 2018, c. 12, s. 186

Item	Name of Province
2	Nova Scotia
3.1	Prince Edward Island
4.2	Newfoundland and Labrador

2 The heading of Table 4 of Schedule 2 to the Act is replaced by the following:

Rates of charge applicable for the period beginning on April 1, 2022 and ending on March 31, 2023

3 Schedule 2 to the Act is amended by adding the following after Table 4:

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7	Column 8	Column 9	Column 10	Column 11
Item	Type	Unit	Rates of charge applicable for the period beginning on April 1, 2023 and ending on March 31, 2024	Rates of charge applicable for the period beginning on April 1, 2024 and ending on March 31, 2025	Rates of charge applicable for the period beginning on April 1, 2025 and ending on March 31, 2026	Rates of charge applicable for the period beginning on April 1, 2026 and ending on March 31, 2027	Rates of charge applicable for the period beginning on April 1, 2027 and ending on March 31, 2028	Rates of charge applicable for the period beginning on April 1, 2028 and ending on March 31, 2029	Rates of charge applicable for the period beginning on April 1, 2029 and ending on March 31, 2030	Rates of charge applicable after March 31, 2030
1	Aviation gasoline	$/litre	0.1592	0.1959	0.2326	0.2694	0.3061	0.3428	0.3795	0.4163
2	Aviation turbo fuel	$/litre	0.1678	0.2065	0.2453	0.2840	0.3227	0.3614	0.4001	0.4389
3	Butane	$/litre	0.1157	0.1424	0.1691	0.1958	0.2225	0.2492	0.2759	0.3026
4	Ethane	$/litre	0.0662	0.0815	0.0968	0.1121	0.1273	0.1426	0.1579	0.1732
5	Gas liquids	$/litre	0.1081	0.1331	0.1581	0.1830	0.2080	0.2329	0.2579	0.2828
6	Gasoline	$/litre	0.1431	0.1761	0.2091	0.2422	0.2752	0.3082	0.3412	0.3743
7	Heavy fuel oil	$/litre	0.2072	0.2550	0.3028	0.3506	0.3984	0.4462	0.4941	0.5419
8	Kerosene	$/litre	0.1678	0.2065	0.2453	0.2840	0.3227	0.3614	0.4001	0.4389
9	Light fuel oil	$/litre	0.1738	0.2139	0.2540	0.2941	0.3342	0.3743	0.4144	0.4545
10	Methanol	$/litre	0.0714	0.0878	0.1043	0.1208	0.1373	0.1537	0.1702	0.1867
11	Naphtha	$/litre	0.1465	0.1803	0.2142	0.2480	0.2818	0.3156	0.3494	0.3832
12	Petroleum coke	$/litre	0.2452	0.3018	0.3584	0.4149	0.4715	0.5281	0.5847	0.6413
13	Pentanes plus	$/litre	0.1157	0.1424	0.1691	0.1958	0.2225	0.2492	0.2759	0.3026
14	Propane	$/litre	0.1006	0.1238	0.1470	0.1703	0.1935	0.2167	0.2399	0.2631
15	Coke oven gas	$/cubic metre	0.0455	0.0560	0.0665	0.0770	0.0875	0.0980	0.1085	0.1190
16	Marketable natural gas	$/cubic metre	0.1239	0.1525	0.1811	0.2097	0.2383	0.2669	0.2954	0.3240
17	Non-marketable natural gas	$/cubic metre	0.1654	0.2035	0.2417	0.2799	0.3180	0.3562	0.3944	0.4325
18	Still gas	$/cubic metre	0.1396	0.1718	0.2040	0.2362	0.2684	0.3006	0.3328	0.3650
19	Coke	$/tonne	206.68	254.38	302.07	349.77	397.46	445.16	492.86	540.55
20	High heat value coal	$/tonne	145.02	178.48	211.95	245.41	278.88	312.35	345.81	379.28
21	Low heat value coal	$/tonne	115.21	141.80	168.38	194.97	221.56	248.14	274.73	301.31
22	Combustible waste	$/tonne	129.82	159.78	189.74	219.70	249.66	279.62	309.58	339.54

Fuel Charge Regulations

• 4 (1) Section 3.1 of the Fuel Charge RegulationsFootnote ² is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a):

  • Return to footnote ²S.C. 2018, c. 12, s. 187

  • (a.1) January 1, 2020;

• (2) Section 3.1 of the Regulations is amended by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (c) and by adding the following after paragraph (d):

  • (e) April 1, 2023;

  • (f) April 1, 2024;

  • (g) April 1, 2025;

  • (h) April 1, 2026;

  • (i) April 1, 2027;

  • (j) April 1, 2028;

  • (k) April 1, 2029; and

  • (l) April 1, 2030.

• (3) Section 3.1 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after paragraph (e):

  • (e.1) July 1, 2023;

5 The Regulations are amended by adding the following after section 3.2:

Marginal note:January 1, 2020 — Alberta

3.3 Except if section 10 or 16 applies, for the purposes of the fuel charge system and applying subsection 38(1) of the Act in respect of the adjustment day that is January 1, 2020, paragraph (a) of the description of B in that subsection is adapted as follows:

• (a) if the listed province is Alberta, zero, and

6 The Regulations are amended by adding the following after section 3.3:

Marginal note:July 1, 2023 — Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador

3.4 Except if section 10 or 16 applies, for the purposes of the fuel charge system and applying subsection 38(1) of the Act in respect of the adjustment day that is July 1, 2023, paragraph (a) of the description of B in that subsection is adapted as follows:

• (a) if the listed province is Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland and Labrador, zero, and

7 The Regulations are amended by adding the following before Part 2:

PART 1.2Rates of Charge

Marginal note:Prescribed condition — rates after March 31, 2023

• 3.5 (1) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition rate in section 3 of the Act, the rate in respect of a type of fuel, or in respect of combustible waste, for a listed province at a particular time that is after March 31, 2023 is equal to the rate that is set out in whichever column of Table 5 in Schedule 2 to the Act is applicable for the period that includes the particular time and that is opposite that type of fuel or combustible waste, as the case may be, set out in column 2 of that Table.

• Marginal note:Exception — Yukon and Nunavut

  (2) Despite subsection (1), for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition rate in section 3 of the Act, the rate in respect of a type of fuel for a listed province at a particular time that is after March 31, 2023 is equal to zero dollars per litre if

  • (a) the listed province is Yukon or Nunavut; and

  • (b) the type of fuel is aviation gasoline or aviation turbo fuel.

• 8 (1) Section 6 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a):

  • (b) Nova Scotia;

• (2) Section 6 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after paragraph (c):

  • (c.1) Prince Edward Island;

• (3) Section 6 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after paragraph (d):

  • (d.1) Alberta;

• (4) Section 6 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after paragraph (d.1):

  • (d.2) Newfoundland and Labrador;

• 9 (1) Paragraph (a) of the description of D in section 10 of the Regulations is amended by striking out "or" at the end of subparagraph (i), by replacing "and" with "or" at the end of subparagraph (ii) and by adding the following after subparagraph (ii):

  • (iii) the adjustment day is January 1, 2020 and the listed province is Alberta, and

• (2) Paragraph (a) of the description of D in section 10 of the Regulations is amended by striking out "or" at the end of subparagraph (ii), by replacing "and" with "or" at the end of subparagraph (iii) and by adding the following after subparagraph (iii):

  • (iv) the adjustment day is July 1, 2023 and the listed province is Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland and Labrador, and

• 10 (1) Paragraph (a) of the description of D in section 16 of the Regulations is amended by striking out "or" at the end of subparagraph (i), by replacing "and" with "or" at the end of subparagraph (ii) and by adding the following after subparagraph (ii):

  • (iii) the adjustment day is January 1, 2020 and the listed province is Alberta, and

• (2) Paragraph (a) of the description of D in section 16 of the Regulations is amended by striking out "or" at the end of subparagraph (ii), by replacing "and" with "or" at the end of subparagraph (iii) and by adding the following after subparagraph (iii):

  • (iv) the adjustment day is July 1, 2023 and the listed province is Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland and Labrador, and

• 11 (1) Paragraph 24(a) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

  • (a) the facility is located entirely in Saskatchewan or entirely in Alberta;

• (2) Paragraph 24(a) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

  • (a) the facility is located entirely in one of the following provinces:

    • (i) Ontario,

    • (ii) Saskatchewan, or

    • (iii) Alberta;

• (3) Paragraph 24(a) of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after paragraph (i):

  • (i.1) Nova Scotia,

• (4) Paragraph 24(a) of the Regulations is amended by striking out "or" at the end of subparagraph (ii), by adding "or" at the end of subparagraph (iii) and by adding the following after subparagraph (iii):

  • (iv) Newfoundland and Labrador;

Application

• 12 (1) Section 1, subsection 4(3), section 6 and subsections 8(1), (2) and (4), 9(2) and 10(2) come into force or are deemed to have come into force on July 1, 2023.

• (2) Sections 2 and 3, subsection 4(2) and section 7 come into force or are deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2023.

• (3) Subsection 4(1), section 5 and subsections 8(3), 9(1) and 10(1) are deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2020.

• (4) Subsection 11(1) is deemed to have come into force on December 6, 2019.

• (5) Subsection 11(2) is deemed to have come into force on December 3, 2021.

• (6) Subsections 11(3) and 11(4) are deemed to have come into force on announcement date.