The new clean fuel regulations ushered in on Canada Day are receiving some criticism from the local MP.
Cypress Hills-Grasslands MP Jeremy Patzer believes the policy will cost people locally more than most across the country.
"It's over $1,100 per household in both Saskatchewan and Alberta and significantly in our two provinces than anywhere else," he said Wednesday afternoon.
The dollar figure Patzer cited is from the parliamentary budget officer but won't have the effect of $1,100 until 2030 on households. However, that number is just for an increase in gas prices (that's projected to be up 5-17 cents per litre by 2030).
"Just because it's not on the line item of the receipt or on the stick that you're paying at the grocery store, you're paying it on your groceries, you're paying it on the clothing that you buy, anything that's transported, you're going to be paying the carbon tax," he said. "It's just not going to be upfront for you to see, it's going to be baked into the goods."
While GasBuddy's Head of Petroleum Patrick De Haan said earlier this week, he doesn't expect the new rules to affect gas prices in the short-term, Patzer thinks someone is facing a six-cent increase.
"It's natural that it will be a few days before the cost will go on it," he said. "It could also be that the producers are going to absorb the cost initially and then pass it on down the road."
The second-term MP also was quick to point out that the clean fuel regulations by the federal government don't include a rebate whereas the carbon tax does.