Jean Charest’s climate plan promises to eliminate the ‘Trudeau consumer carbon tax,’ which is what it calls the current federal price on carbon
Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest is promising to repeal the Liberal government’s consumer carbon price and eliminate the federal portion of the HST on low-carbon purchases.
It also proposes to make industrial emitters pay a carbon price as part of an overall “heavier focus on industrial emissions.” Instead, Charest says he would stick with the goal of 30 per cent, decided by former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper, which he called more achievable and realistic.How far Conservatives are willing to go to tackle the issue of carbon-related emissions, which are fuelling the planet’s warming, is a question the party faces as scientists warn of a need for swifter action. The governing Liberals have also made climate change one of their top priorities.
Many party members and policy experts have been watching to see what he would promise on the climate file. Carbon capture and storage involves trapping emissions from industry and storing them underground so that they are not released into the atmosphere, where they contribute to global warming. Stewart Elgie, director of the Environment Institute at the University of Ottawa, who was shown Charest’s plan to provide feedback, said he feels it’s credible. He added Charest’s track record in government also makes him the most serious climate-minded contender in the race.
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