OTTAWA — A new poll suggests most Canadians want more carbon price carve-outs, and that Ottawa’s decision to lift the levy on heating oil for more than one million households is so far not driving support towards the governing Liberals.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged his government will not cave to pressure from premiers and opposition parties to keep watering down his signature climate policy by removing the carbon levy from more forms of heating fuel. In interviews with The Canadian Press and Radio-Canada, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has said no more exemptions will occur while he’s in the job.
