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Carbon tax starts, gas prices rise Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips says the province is “still standing” a day after its carbon tax took effect, and Albertans who opposed the levy could start seeing rebate cheques within days. But Opposition Wildrose critic Don MacIntyre says the majority of Albertans continue to oppose the tax, and that the science isn’t settled on whether humans are responsible for the majority of climate change. The tax officially began Sunday, adding 4.5 cents per litre of gasoline at the pumps as well as hiking costs for home heating. Phillips held a news conference Monday where she addressed what she felt was “misinformation” about the levy, a day after deputy premier Sarah Hoffman held a similar media availability in the legislature building. Like Hoffman a day earlier, Phillips stressed the link between the NDP government’s new tax on carbon and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in November. Consumers are still waiting to see how much the cost of goods will increase with the tax. Paige MacPherson, Alberta director of the Canadian Taxpayer Federation, describes the new levy as a tax on everything that moves. “Depending on the item the cost could be larger or smaller, but it is a cost increase — but on the goods that are shipped,” she said. But Mike Hudema, a climate and energy campaigner with Greenpeace Canada, argues the increases will be minor. “The opposition likes to lump all of those price increases together and put them on the carbon tax, which is completely untrue,” he said. THE CANADIAN PRESS, WITH FILES FROM METRO EDMONTON