
Carney to announce plan to kill consumer carbon price; shift to green incentives
OTTAWA — Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney is expected to announce a plan on Friday to abandon consumer carbon pricing but keep industrial pricing in place.
“The consumer carbon tax isn’t working — it’s become too divisive,” Carney said in a written statement provided to The Canadian Press ahead of the announcement.
“That’s why I’ll cancel it and replace it with incentives to reward people for greener choices.”
That would include energy efficient appliances, electric vehicles and improvements to home insulation, he said.