Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s symbolic motion calling for more carbon tax carveouts was defeated, but this won’t end the polarizing debate that centres on equity.
A previous program announced last year was expected to cost $250-million over four years. Under that program, all households had to pay for some of the costs of a new heat pump
Even carbon-pricing’s staunchest advocates acknowledge that the fuel charge’s perilous future, whenever Mr. Trudeau’s Liberals lose office, was at least somewhat undermining its effectiveness even before the recent swerve