Guilbeault defends carbon pricing as more provincial Liberals voice concern [Video]

As concerns about a scheduled increase to the federal carbon price grow, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says provinces are welcome to come up with their own policies, as long as the federal minimum pollution price is used.

His comments come as the Ontario Liberals are the latest provincial party to call for a change to the federal carbon price — with leader Bonnie Crombie saying a government she leads would not have a provincial carbon price similar to the federal model.

“We put in the place the federal system, so provinces that didn’t want to do it wouldn’t have to do it,” Guilbeault told reporters before Question Period Tuesday.

“My understanding of her position is that she would be happy to fall back to the federal system.”

But speaking in Queen’s Park Tuesday, Crombie said the mandate she is giving the party’s new climate change panel is to develop a policy that doesn’t have an …