“Net-Zero Tyranny”

The carbon tax is (nearly) dead. Now what?

It might seem like a distant memory now, but it’s worth remembering that every major federal party ran in 2021 on a platform that included a consumer carbon tax.

Nearly every single Liberal, NDP and Conservative MP who currently sits in the House of Commons — up to and including Pierre Poilievre, who now says Canada needs a “carbon tax election” so he can “axe the tax” — won their seat while carrying a commitment to apply a price on carbon.

Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland would drop the consumer carbon tax — one of the Liberal government’s signature environmental policies — if elected leader, said a source close to her campaign.

The source, who was not authorized to speak publicly, told CBC News the former deputy prime minister will “make difficult decisions to meet our emissions targets and make sure big polluters pay for their outsized emissions.”

But the source said Freeland “will not fight Canadians on a policy they have been clear they do not support.”

Update: Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland would scrap consumer carbon tax if elected Liberal leader, sources say

The consumer price on carbon is dead.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre can pat himself on the back — all those rallies, all those ads, all those talking points in the House of Commons — the case against the carbon price was so successfully prosecuted that the two leading Liberal leadership candidates are walking away from it.

The Star has learned that former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, who will announce his leadership bid Thursday in Edmonton, has been telling Liberal MPs in private conversations that he will repeal the consumer price, focus on industrial emitters instead, but also recognize that the Trudeau government’s approach did put more money back into people’s pockets, and so will deliver a middle class tax break as compensation.

Have they promised a corporate tax won’t be passed down to consumers.

As LA burns, politicians and media are ramping-up global warming hysteria.

According to Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore, supported by multiple data sets, the overall trend in Earth’s temperature is actually decreasing — debunking a claim by CTV, posted to social media by federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault — that 2024 was the “hottest year ever.”

While Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for an “axe the tax” election this year, the Liberals’ carbon tax is merely the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the added costs imposed on Canadians by current federal climate change policies – many of which are inefficient, counterproductive and illogical.

OTTAWA — The upcoming race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is a chance for Liberals to return the party to the political centre, some of its members of Parliament say, with others hoping his exit means Liberals can turn the page on what has become one of its most controversial legacies: the consumer carbon tax.

For several years, the Conservative slogan “Axe The Tax” has resonated with Canadians, driven by the belief that the carbon tax has exacerbated the cost of living.

When it comes to food, however, the reality is far more nuanced. Canada has been sleepwalking through this policy issue for years, leaving the public narrative to carbon-tax-supporting academics and politicians who reassure Canadians that everything will improve as the economy decarbonizes.