Liberals fed resentment against their carbon pricing plan by neglecting low-income Canadians, says energy efficiency expert

Carbon pricing is a necessary piece of the Liberals’ climate agenda, says environmental advocate, but defending it is ‘eating up so much political capital’ at a time when the federal government will need credibility to move ahead on other major planks of its climate agenda.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference on Oct. 26 with the Liberal Atlantic Caucus to announce measures intended to soften the effect of the carbon tax on Atlantic and rural Canadians.

As the federal Liberals expend significant political capital defending their carbon pricing regime, environmental advocates are saying the new pilot program to subsidize heat pumps is a welcome but incomplete step towards making sure lower-income Canadians aren’t left “h...

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