Carbon tax zigzag keeps Liberals on the defensive as mid-sitting break looms

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Carbon tax zigzag keeps Liberals on the defensive as mid-sitting break looms
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A look ahead at the week in federal politics.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to delegates during the 2023 Convention of the Liberal Party of Canada in Quebec in Trois-Rivieres, Que., Saturday, November 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

As the House of Commons heads into the final stretch of sittings before the week-long Remembrance Day recess,is likely counting down the hours, minutes and seconds until he and his minority government are set to get at least a temporary reprieve from the near-universal pressure from all sides over last month’s surprise move to temporarily drop the federal carbon tax from home heating oil.

“The decision delivers another political blow to the Liberals, who have been scrambling for days to defend their decision to pause the carbon price on home heating oil for the next three years,” the Canadian Press

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