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The quarterly payments go out to every tax-filing adult household in the eight provinces where the federal carbon tax applies: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Either these folks are actually missing out because they haven’t filed their income taxes, or they’re simply not noticing the money when it arrives, or they’re mistaking it for some other type of payment from the government.

Underpinning all this is “a failure at the most basic level of retail political communication” by the federal Liberal government about one its flagship policies, says Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Reid Institute.

She says that may have been a good strategy in 2019, when Canadians saw climate change as a top priority, but the Liberals have failed to adapt their message to 2024, when the cost of living has become a more pressing concern.

In 2022, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault asked Canadian banks to refer to them as climate action incentive payments, which is the official term the federal government uses.

The money typically goes out on the 15th of January, April, July and October, unless the 15th falls on a Saturday or Sunday or federal holiday, in which case payments are issued on the last business day prior to the 15th.

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