Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to have a “publicly televised” meeting with the premiers to talk about the carbon price increase. “I think he’s too scared,” Poilievre said Monday morning when asked if he thinks Trudeau would meet with the premiers on TV. Natural Resource Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told … Read more
Canadians are mostly looking for help paying their bills in the 2024 federal budget, not investments in the military or clean energy transitions, according to polling released Friday. The Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News surveyed 1,000 Canadians between March 15 and 18 about what their top three priorities were for the upcoming federal … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 2, 2024 2:32 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is requesting that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convene an emergency meeting with the country’s premiers to discuss the federal carbon price. Poilievre circulated the letter Tuesday on social media … Read more
Anger over the increase to the federal carbon price led to protests across the country Monday, including several that stalled traffic on the Trans-Canada Highway and at provincial border crossings. Ottawa’s planned $15-per-tonne increase in the federal consumer carbon price came into effect Monday, bringing the levy to $80 per tonne. That translates to the … Read more
Liberal Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to call an “emergency meeting of leaders from across the country” to talk about potential alternatives to the federal carbon price increasing to $80 per tonne. The annual increase took effect on Monday, rising from $65 per tonne. At the pumps, … Read more
THE WEST BLOCK Episode 29, Season 13 Sunday, March 31, 2024 Host: Mercedes Stephenson Guests: Steven Guilbeault, Environment Minister Retired U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, Former CIA Director Location: Ottawa Studio Mercedes Stephenson: In the last few years, how many times have you asked yourself watching the news: Is this the … Read more
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the upcoming federal carbon price increase is “inhumane.” “The carbon tax increase on natural gas is going up $4.09, which is more than double the base price of natural gas, which I believe is $1.72 a gigajoule. The so-called solution of the federal government is to increase the carbon tax … Read more
Four conservative premiers are expected to tell a House of Commons committee this week that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should ditch the planned increase in the federal carbon tax, set to take effect on Monday. Premiers Scott Moe, Danielle Smith, Blaine Higgs, and Tim Houston had all written letters to the chair of the House … Read more
When Sarah Morin hears the phrase “axe the tax,” what enters her mind is “freedom.” The 41-year-old is a stay-at-home mother of two who has been using a food bank amid cost-of-living pressures. She was among those who packed into a crammed room at a convention centre near Ottawa’s airport on Sunday to listen to … Read more
The carbon price on consumer fuel like gasoline is drawing much of the attention ahead of the annual April 1 increase, to the point the opposition Conservatives called an ultimately unsuccessful non-confidence vote on the matter. But a new study from the Canadian Climate Institute (CCI) suggests it contributes about eight to 14 per cent … Read more
