Albertans no longer required to return carbon levy rebates when family member dies

EDMONTON – Alberta is bringing in new rules to make amends to more than 4000 families who lost a loved one and were ordered to pay back their carbon tax rebate.

Finance Minister Joe Ceci says no one will be asked to repay the rebate after a death and those who did will get their money back.

Ceci says it was a problem he and his department had not anticipated, but are determined to make right.

The changes are contained in a bill Ceci has introduced in the legislature.