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UCP Leader Jason Kenney said that his
government would scrap the Alberta NDP’s Climate Leadership Plan, which
included a tax on carbon.
government would scrap the Alberta NDP’s Climate Leadership Plan, which
included a tax on carbon.
The party’s
platform says it considers financial support to develop renewable
technology, or kickstart companies, to be “subsidies.” Instead, the UCP’s platform urges that industry to compete in the energy market unassisted.
A UCP government would stop funding renewable energy initiatives after Round 3 of the NDP’s program that’s already in effect.