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Conservative leadership candidates jockey for position on the carbon tax

As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government prepares to hike the federal carbon tax another ten dollars per tonne of emissions on Friday, the leading Conservative leadership candidates all agree on one thing — it’s the wrong move.

But that’s where their consensus ends. Questions about what Canada should do with carbon pricing, financial offsets to consumers and the broader fight against climate change are still very much up for debate among Conservative leadership candidates. In many cases, the candidates’ master plans are still being written.

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