New Brunswick Tories want Liberals to join call to scrap carbon tax – New Brunswick [Video]

The New Brunswick government has introduced a motion calling on the federal government to scrap its carbon pricing system.

The motion was introduced by energy minister Mike Holland and comes as six other provinces have called for carbon pricing to be abolished and after New Brunswick Liberal Leader Susan Holt called for the scheduled increase on April 1 to be paused.

Holland says he would like to see the Liberals vote with the government on the motion.

“If a carbon tax is worthy to be paused because of what it negatively does to New Brunswickers then it should certainly be considered for elimination,” he said.

Holland said the current system fails to account for the lack of alternatives to driving in the province, placing an unfair burden on New Brunswickers.

“When you take a national policy and you don’t have regional variances for it to take into consideration the differences you would face …