Trudeau’s carbon-pricing obstinance may be too late to deliver

Canadians have been lectured by the Liberal government on carbon pricing, but rarely has the message been properly co-opted with a reminder of its value.

If Canadians still felt Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had the political capital he did when the carbon-pricing regime was introduced in 2016, his recent comments on ‘doing the right thing’ might have been viewed as admirable, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

March 20, 2024

OTTAWA—It is has taken a long time, and it is likely too little, too late, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may have landed on a carbon-pricing message that is somewhat understandable. Yet it comes only days before the government's April 1 carbon levy increase.

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