The federal government is negotiating an agreement with the Manitoba School Boards Association to accept and distribute an estimated $5.3 million in carbon tax revenue, after the funding intended for energy efficiency retrofits within Manitoba schools was rejected by Premier Brian Pallister last month.
“While the federal government can’t give the funding directly to schools, we look forward to working with the Manitoba School Boards Association on an agreement for it,” federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna confirmed in a statement Wednesday morning, saying the government was “disappointed” that their plan for allocating the money to schools in the province couldn’t proceed as originally planned.
McKenna announced earlier this summer that the federal government planned to put three per cent of this year’s carbon tax revenues towards projects to make schools more energy efficient. The governments of Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick — jurisdictions in which the federal levy is collected — each agreed to that spending plan in principle, though provincial environment ministers raised additional questions and concerns in response. Pallister, meanwhile, accused the federal government of overreaching into provincial areas of responsibility, telling local media the plan was a “hoax” and calling it a “PR campaign” for the carbon tax.
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