Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is asking MPs to compel Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sit down with the premiers to discuss the federal carbon tax at a first ministers' meeting.
Poilievre tabled a motion in the House of Commons that demands Trudeau "convene a carbon tax emergency meeting" with Canada's 13 provincial and territorial leaders to address the "ongoing carbon tax crisis and the financial burden it places on Canadians."
It also asks that Trudeau accept "plans for provinces to opt-out of the federal carbon tax to pursue other responsible ideas to lower emissions" — an ongoing request of some premiers who maintain they can fight climate change in their jurisdictions through measures other than a tax.
Trudeau has so far rebuffed calls to meet with the premiers on the issue.
Jagmeet, this one’s in your hands. Do you stand with the Liberals (?) or with Canadians?
Justin Trudeau didn’t elect Jagmeet Singh, Justin Trudeau won’t re-elect Mr Singh.
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Trudeau has so far rebuffed calls to meet with the premiers on the issue.
Last week, in an interview with CBC Radio's The Current, Trudeau said he met with the premiers in 2016 and a pan-Canadian climate change plan was agreed to then. The plan included a price of carbon designed to drive down the country's emissions.
He repeated that line in question period Tuesday, saying the provinces agreed to go ahead with a carbon pricing regime eight years ago.
The Conservatives countered by pointing out that Trudeau is the only leader from that long-ago meeting still in power…at this point.
While the federal government agreed to lift the tax on home heating oil last year to help mostly rural consumers (& mostly in the Maritimes in formerly Liberal vote rich provinces) who rely on this fuel source, Trudeau and federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault have said repeatedly they will not entertain any other exemptions to tax, which is the centrepiece of the Liberal government's climate change policy.
Poilievre tabled a motion in the House of Commons that demands Trudeau "convene a carbon tax emergency meeting" with Canada's 13 provincial and territorial leaders to address the "ongoing carbon tax crisis and the financial burden it places on Canadians."
It also asks that Trudeau accept "plans for provinces to opt-out of the federal carbon tax to pursue other responsible ideas to lower emissions" — an ongoing request of some premiers who maintain they can fight climate change in their jurisdictions through measures other than a tax.
Trudeau has so far rebuffed calls to meet with the premiers on the issue.
Jagmeet, this one’s in your hands. Do you stand with the Liberals (?) or with Canadians?
Justin Trudeau didn’t elect Jagmeet Singh, Justin Trudeau won’t re-elect Mr Singh.Poilievre turns to Parliament to force Trudeau to meet with premiers on the carbon tax — CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is asking MPs to compel Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sit down with the premiers to discuss the federal carbon tax at a first ministers' meeting.
Last week, in an interview with CBC Radio's The Current, Trudeau said he met with the premiers in 2016 and a pan-Canadian climate change plan was agreed to then. The plan included a price of carbon designed to drive down the country's emissions.
He repeated that line in question period Tuesday, saying the provinces agreed to go ahead with a carbon pricing regime eight years ago.
The Conservatives countered by pointing out that Trudeau is the only leader from that long-ago meeting still in power…at this point.
While the federal government agreed to lift the tax on home heating oil last year to help mostly rural consumers (& mostly in the Maritimes in formerly Liberal vote rich provinces) who rely on this fuel source, Trudeau and federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault have said repeatedly they will not entertain any other exemptions to tax, which is the centrepiece of the Liberal government's climate change policy.
