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Politics This Morning: Conservatives propose their own carbon price to rival Liberals’

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Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole unveiled a climate proposal that calls for a substantially lower price on carbon at $20 per tonne, which would rise to $50 per tonne by 2030. The Liberals have set theirs to gradually increase each year, eventually reaching $170 per tonne by 2030.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

April 16, 2021

Happy Friday, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole unveiled a climate plan that calls for a carbon price that's lower than the Liberals', reversing course on his oft-repeated pledge to entirely "repeal" the government's levy. Whereas the Liberals' carbon price is set to

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