Mark Carney has signed an order-in-council ending the consumer carbon tax as his first move as prime minister.
“Consistent with the promise that I made and others supported during the leadership campaign, we will be eliminating the Canada fuel charge, the consumer fuel charge, immediately,” Carney said following a cabinet meeting on March 14.
The order-in-council that Carney signed will end the consumer carbon tax on April 1, which was also the date the tax was set to rise by another $15 to $95 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions. Carney added that his government would ensure the Canada Carbon Rebate cheques are delivered to Canadians before the end of April. …