It might feel like an April’s Fool joke, but a slew of tax hikes in B.C. take effect today. 

Motorists, smokers and luxury car buyers will feel a strain on their wallets as part of the increases that the province introduced in the 2018 budget. 

The province has ramped up its carbon tax from $30 to $35 per tonne, the first of four $5 annual increases. 

The carbon tax has bumped up gas prices by 1.2 cents a litre, which stations have rounded