British Columbia’s 17 years of having a consumer carbon tax ended on Tuesday, not with a bang, but with an air of resignation.
“I support the policy. I thought it was a good policy. I fought for the policy,” said Premier David Eby at a news conference on Monday afternoon, where he talked about the imminent demise of the policy at the hands of his own government.
“Without a doubt, the policy became absolutely toxic with British Columbians.”
While that wasn’t the case with all British Columbians, Eby had long made the political calculus it was no longer worth fighting for.
WATCH | Consumer carbon tax ends on Tuesday: After 17 years, as of April 1, British Columbians will no longer have to pay the provincial consumer carbon tax. As Janella Hamilton reports it comes on the heels of the federal government’s move to scrap the tax. A move people are applauding.
In September, he promised to scrap …