Policy details may still need polishing, but leader makes it clear where his party's priorities are
The Conservative Party of B.C. campaign took on a whole new shape this week with Wednesday's shocking announcement that the rival B.C. United party was packing it in.
Rustad said his first cabinet meeting will include an order-in-council to extend the permits of three existing natural gas pipelines. On Thursday, he told CBC Radio that his perspective on that has not changed. Humans have"contributed to climate change" but it is"not a crisis level," he said."There are many more things that I think are far more important," he said, pointing to the cost of housing and groceries.
Ending the carbon tax would create a shortfall of $3.5 billion that would have to be addressed elsewhere in the budget. "Spending will have to increase because we have a huge backlog in terms of wait times and the need to be able to do the transition," he said."It's going to take time."
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