Is there a conservative case against the carbon tax? Not really

It is inescapable that the 'what should be done,' if it were to be done by conservatives, would have to look remarkably like a carbon tax.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is the lead minister on the carbon tax. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JIM FARNEY

November 12, 2018

Conservative politicians across Canada have strongly opposed the Trudeau government’s promise to impose a carbon tax since the idea was floated in 2015. Beginning with now former premier Brad Wall in Saskatchewan, opposition to the carbon tax is now a central commitment of conservative premiers Br...

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