Trudeau, Smith set to meet as carbon price provincial pushback grows
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith meet in Calgary Wednesday as provincial opposition to the April 1 carbon price increase intensifies.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are scheduled to meet in Calgary on Wednesday as pushback grows from provincial premiers to a planned carbon price increase.
The federal backstop is set to rise from $65 a tonne to $80 a tonne on April 1. This means the fuel charge on gasoline will go from 14.3 cents per litre to 17.6 cents.
On Tuesday, Liberal Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey wrote a letter to Trudeau and posted it on X, calling on a pause for plans to increase the carbon price.
Furey wrote that while his government is “deeply invested” in environmental sustainability, the increase set for April 1 “is causing understandable worry as people consider how they will manage the mounting financial strain.”
This letter was reposted on X by Smith, along with Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.
Later that day, Progressive Conservative Premier Tim Houston posted his own letter to Trudeau on X, saying the increase should be cancelled.
Houston wrote that while government has a role in addressing climate change and reducing emissions, the increase only means “more money out of (Nova Scotian’s) pockets to pay an unnecessary carbon tax.”
Both premiers said the increase means higher prices to ship goods to and across their respective provinces.
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