Carbon tax: Minister says no decision yet on more post-2030 hikes [Video]

Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault says “no decision has been made” on whether the carbon price will continue to increase after the current 2030 goalpost, but that the federal government is in consultations to determine future targets by next year.

Asked if that means he is not ruling out more post-2030 increases, Guilbeault said “we haven’t made a decision on that.”

“We’ve started consultations to prepare the next phase of emissions reduction, so post 2030, in Canada, in fact, going to 2035,” Guilbeault told CTV’s Question Period host Vassy Kapelos, in an interview airing Sunday.

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Guilbeault added those consultations are “ongoing,” and said the federal government has until next year to lay out its next round of climate targets “as per our United Nations commitments.”

“But by 2025, there’s no decision that has been made yet, other …