O’Toole’s bold carbon pricing pitch shows he’s willing to take risks to win

He may still yet lose some caucus support over it. But if the Conservatives want to win an election in the next decade, these are the sorts of decisions that need to be made.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured during a March 23 press conference following the Conservative Party's policy convention, and the Conservative Party have lots of work to do to be competitive against the Liberals in the next election. But what O’Toole did on carbon pricing was his first major significant action, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

April 21, 2021

OTTAWA—Erin O’Toole made a bold move last week. He became the first leader of the modern Conservative Party of Canada to acknowledge that consumers directly have some price to pay for carbon consumption. He announced this a few short weeks after a slim...

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