Posted 1/29/2024, 10:34:33 PM
Carbon Tax Debates Heat Up as Parliament Returns
- Conservatives accuse Liberals of being "pathologically obsessed" with the carbon tax as Parliament returns from winter break
- Tensions flare over the carbon tax in Question Period, with each side criticizing the other's policies
- Conservatives want to pass Bill C-234 to extend carbon tax exemptions to farms, have support from NDP
- Liberals question whether extending exemptions is right approach to help farmers dealing with climate change
- Federal government reportedly looking at rebranding or renaming climate action incentive payments to Canadians