Carbon tax keeps Liberals ahead
Keeping Harper's targets is not the same as sticking with the Conservatives' climate change plan. By maintaining the existing targets, Trudeau's Liberals maximize the chances that the transition to a national price on carbon (complete with an escalator clause) is relatively seamless.
With Green Party Leader Elizabeth May leading the charge, there will be no lack of Canadians disappointed by the Liberal decision to stick with Stephen Harper's targets for reducing carbon emissions.
After all, to use a term that was dear to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his days in opposition, ...
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