Carbon taxes and conservative conscience

Conservatives don’t have a free-market conscience, so why appeal to something that doesn’t exist?

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured on the Hill on Nov. 20, 2023. Every so often, in a vain attempt to make conservative politicians feel guilty about opposing carbon taxes, an environmentalist will publicly make the case that the carbon tax is really a conservative idea, writes Gerry Nicholls.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

November 22, 2023

OAKVILLE, ONT.—Every so often, in a vain attempt to make conservative politicians feel guilty about opposing carbon taxes, an environmentalist will publicly make the case that the carbon tax is really a conservative idea.

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