Trudeau Defends Carbon Pricing Amidst Claims It's Driving Inflation, Resists Growing Calls for Exemptions
• Conservatives have effectively blamed carbon pricing for inflation and high costs, claims Trudeau, even though it is responsible for only a small fraction
• Trudeau says carbon pricing is not unraveling and there will be no more exemptions, but is open to negotiating specific solutions for certain communities
• Poilievre and Conservatives continue to hold "axe the tax" rallies and push to remove carbon pricing to lower costs
• Recent calls grow for more exemptions - from heating oil to grain drying to First Nations - but Trudeau resists
• Trudeau argues carbon pricing rebates help offset costs and would disappear without the policy, though effects remain controversial