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Carney’s move to kill carbon price now official but debate over it not dead

Prime Minister Mark Carney officially ended the consumer carbon price, but political debates continue over the decision, which some Conservatives dispute as valid.
An order-in-council is set to make fuel charge rates zero after March 31, 2025, indicating a significant policy change.
Conservative MP Michael Barrett stated that Carney cannot repeal the legislation without a parliamentary vote, highlighting legal challenges ahead.
Tyler Meredith noted that the signing was a preliminary step to formalizing the policy change, reflecting public sentiment against the carbon price.

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Ottawa Citizen

Today's letters: Shouldn't Mark Carney have kept the carbon tax?

Wednesday, March 19: The prime minister may have hurt a huge number of people who benefited from the rebate part of the plan, a reader says.

23 hours ago·Ottawa, Canada

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CBC News

Scrapping consumer carbon tax unlikely to have impact on food prices, expert says

After being sworn in on Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney signed a prime ministerial directive instructing that the fuel charge be removed effective April 1. It's a move Carney says would make a difference to Canadians who are struggling to make ends meet currently. But some experts say it wont translate to any savings at the grocery store.

2 days ago·Canada

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The Epoch Times

What We Know So Far About Carney’s Net-Zero Emissions Plans for Canada

News Analysis While Prime Minister Mark Carney has so far been preoccupied with the response to U.S. tariffs and differentiating himself from the previous Liberal prime minister, he is expected to also focus substantially on net-zero emissions policies, as he has indicated on the campaign trail and given his past high-level roles on the file. Carney’s first act as prime minister was to bring the carbon tax rate for consumers, small businesses, a…

2 days ago·New York, United States

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heatmap.news

If Canada Won’t Tax Gas to Cut Emissions, Who Will?

Canada’s carbon tax was supposed to be different. Unlike the proposed cap-and-trade scheme in the United States or the European Union’s carbon trading system, Canada’s program was not a kitty for green energy subsidies. The tax would be split into two pieces: a charge on large industrial emitters, largely raised through provincial systems where more intensive emitters buy credits from those that emit less, and a tax on consumers that took the fo…

2 days ago

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