Feds push back following opposition to federal carbon tax

By Cormac MacSweeney

OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – With Ontario and Alberta ramping up their efforts to oppose the federal carbon tax, the Trudeau government is pushing back.

Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is taking aim at her opponents and lashing out at Ontario Premier Doug Ford for launching new ads against the carbon tax.

“Literally having a misleading advertising campaign using taxpayer dollars, not telling people the cost of climate change that we are all paying right now or the money that’s going back,” she adds.

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McKenna says Conservatives want to take the country back in time instead of supporting a clean economy.

“You have conservative politicians who want to take us back in time, they don’t take climate change seriously, they are using taxpayer money to run misinformation campaigns,” McKenna adds. “You got Andrew Scheer developing a climate plan with oil lobbyists behind closed doors.”

She adds it’s disappointing Alberta Premier Jason Kenney plans to scrap his provincial carbon tax by may 30, forcing the feds to impose one.

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McKenna won’t speculate on how quickly the Trudeau government would act but says Albertans will end up getting more money in their pockets thanks to the rebate.

These latest jabs are thrown as a new Abacus poll shows 78 per cent of Canadians believe a climate change plan must or should include a price in pollution.

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