Carney proposes alternative to ‘divisive’ carbon price. How would it work? – National

Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney is backing away from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s consumer carbon pricing regime but will keep industrial pricing in place. Carney said the country has become divided over the policy because Canadians have been fed “misinformation” by Conservative Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre. “Since Canada’s current climate policy has become too divisive,…

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Trudeau says Singh ‘caving’ to Poilievre on carbon price – National

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took shots at the NDP on Friday for equivocating on the consumer carbon price, accusing Jagmeet Singh of caving to political pressure from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Speaking to reporters in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que., Trudeau blasted the NDP in response to a question about the upcoming byelection in Montreal, arguing that voters…

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