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A campaign promise from Nova Scotia may shed some light on how New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt plans to handle the carbon tax. Holt was vague on specific details during the fall campaign, but recently confirmed that there’s one option she’s considering. Silas Brown reports.

BC Conservative Leader John Rustad held a press conference on Tuesday after David Eby and his BC NDP held on to a majority government in the election recount. Rustad says he will work with the NDP but he plans to push the NDP government on support for the resource sector, involuntary compassionate treatment, and getting...

The minister of the environment and climate change made a stop in Gananoque on Tuesday to share details about the carbon rebate. According to the minister, 80 percent of Canadians should expect to get back more money than they spent.

BC NDP Leader David Eby made a surprise announcement Thursday, telling reporters he would drop the consumer carbon tax if Ottawa waives the requirement. Richard Zussman and Keith Baldrey report.

UBC Political Scientist Kathryn Harrison discusses Premier David Eby’s political pivot on the consumer carbon tax.

Premier David Eby surprised everyone Thursday by announcing he’s back tracking on support for the consumer carbon tax. Richard Zussman has more on what has to happen for it be dropped.

Our Political Panel continues this weekend as move towards election time this fall. Premier David Eby making headlines this week, stating the BC NDP could end the carbon tax should the federal government remove the legal backstop requiring one. Joining us to break all this down is the former executive director of the BC Green...

In Vancouver at a campaign event Thursday, BC NDP leader David Eby was asked by Global News if his stance on the carbon tax remains the same. Eby says if the federal government removes the legal backstop requiring a carbon tax, B.C. will end the provincial carbon tax.

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre responded Thursday to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promise of a “GST Holiday” for Canadians, calling the announcement a “tax trick.” Poilievre said the temporary break on the Goods and Services Tax on a slew of everyday items “would not make up for the permanent quadrupling carbon tax on heat, housing,...

Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre went after the Liberal’s price on pollution during question period in the House of Commons on Wednesday in the wake of Donald Trump’s win of the 2024 U.S. election. “I can’t think of anyone who would more favour quadrupling the carbon tax to $0.61 a litre in Canada than this...

Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister, Steven Guilbeault says we’re not doing enough to save our planet, addresses Carbon Tax frustrations.

Renters are eagerly awaiting the rent cap promised by the incoming Liberals, Fredericton businesses concerned about rising downtown crime, and a look at how the incoming premier may handle the carbon tax.

Speaking in Nanaimo, B.C., on Wednesday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre reacted to the news of the New Democrats pulling their support from the supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberal government. “Sellout Singh has pulled a stunt,” Poilievre said. “If you’re serious about ending your costly carbon tax coalition with Trudeau, then commit today to voting for...

The Alberta government is taking Ottawa to court — again. This time it’s over exemptions to the carbon tax. Morgan Black reports from the Alberta Legislature.

After the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) re-released its report on carbon pricing and rebates on Thursday, MPs in the House of Commons debated its findings. “There’s been another blow to the prime minister’s carbon tax scheme,” said the Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer. [The report] shows yet again that Canadians are worse off under this...

The BC NDP attempts to lure voters with discount housing while the BC Greens want to recalculate the carbon tax. VPD officers aren’t filling out their crime reports in a timely fashion, according to an internal report, and it could be putting cases at risk. And after years of decline, why are B.C.’s HIV/AIDS rates...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced rebate cheques of $200 per person, while the Ontario Liberals are promising a middle-class tax cut. The Focus Ontario panel discusses if the next election will be about tax cuts and if the federal carbon price will stick to the provincial Liberals.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre slammed Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland as an “incompetent finance minister” and repeated demands for a “carbon tax election” in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Freeland responded by defending the performance of the Liberal Party, saying that inflation has reached pre-pandemic levels and that wages have outpaced inflation for 19...

The Leader of the official opposition Pierre Poilievre took aim at NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on Thursday during question period in Canada’s House of Commons. “The NDP leader was terrified he was going to lose a by election in Winnipeg, an NDP stronghold. So he put out a Hollywood production where he claimed he had...

Family members of a Dawson Creek woman killed in Mexico say they are devastated by news the man accused of the crime has been acquitted. Passengers are still in limbo as Air Canada pilots and their employer talk to avoid a strike. And crumbling support for the carbon tax. The potential impact on monthly expenses...