British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government will move as quickly as it can to remove the consumer-based carbon tax once the federal law upholding it is removed.
Eby’s response comes after Mark Carney won the federal Liberal leadership race and reiterated during his speech Sunday that he will reverse the consumer carbon price.
The premier says he feels it is “unfortunate” that the policy—which has been in place since 2008—was “politicized” when it was an “important tool” used to drive down carbon pollution in the province.
However, he says his NDP government already committed to get rid of the consumer carbon price if Ottawa did the same, and the province will move forward as soon as the federal law that holds the current carbon pricing in place is gone….