Dominic Cardy, former leader of the provincial New Democrats and a one-time Conservative cabinet minister, will lead the new Centre Ice Canadians
Dominic Cardy has spent the summer drafting a policy framework for the new party.SaltWire's Atlantic regional weather forecast for September 20, 2023 | SaltWireOTTAWA, Ont. — A new political party aiming to offer a centrist approach to federal politics will be unveiled on Wednesday, with Dominic Cardy as interim leader. Cardy is a former cabinet minister under New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs and a still-sitting independent MLA.
That movement to recapture the political middle will now be renamed and repositioned in the form of a political party. Cardy said that will be announced through a press release on Wednesday.
The policy document then calls for “an incentive-driven program to reduce carbon emissions” where large emitters must pay. “But those costs should not be imposed directly on citizens,” it adds, a policy that appears to take aim at the federal carbon price at the gas pumps.
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