Big benefit cheque to be mailed this week in Canada [Video]

The first carbon rebate of 2025 is being paid out today to households in provinces that use the federal carbon pricing system — even as the future of the rebate program itself remains uncertain.

For a family of four, the rebate will pay out anywhere from $190 in New Brunswick to $450 in Alberta, with people in small and rural communities receiving a 20 per cent boost to their rebates.

With the Liberals’ keystone climate policy under sustained political attack, the federal government has attempted to improve its communications on the file by arguing that most Canadians get more money back from the program than they pay.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has vowed to “axe the tax” if elected, and even Liberal leadership prospect Mark Carney told a Senate committee in May the carbon tax had “served its purpose, until now.”

It’s unclear whether Carney’s leadership platform will support the …