“Getting rid of the carbon tax was a central policy pillar in
Kenney’s successful campaign last month to win the election,” The
Canadian Press notes. He ridiculed the previous NDP government’s carbon
levy “as a thinly-veiled tax grab that penalizes consumers while having
no effect on greenhouse gas emissions. He also held the levy up as a
symbol of what he has said was an interventionist NDP government that
was stifling economic recovery by imposing additional fees and red
tape.”
Kenney’s successful campaign last month to win the election,” The
Canadian Press notes. He ridiculed the previous NDP government’s carbon
levy “as a thinly-veiled tax grab that penalizes consumers while having
no effect on greenhouse gas emissions. He also held the levy up as a
symbol of what he has said was an interventionist NDP government that
was stifling economic recovery by imposing additional fees and red
tape.”
On a visit to Edmonton Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wouldn’t confirm whether Ottawa would apply its backstop price on carbon once the province cancelled its own carbon tax, saying only that no province is exempt from the federal minimum.