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Liberals move to scrap consumer carbon price law in House of Commons – National [Video]

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The federal government moved on Tuesday to purge consumer carbon pricing from law, effectively putting an end to what was once the keystone of the Liberals’ climate policy.

In a notice of motion tabled in the House of Commons, the government signalled it intends to repeal the law after the government used regulations to end the consumer carbon price in March.

That move was Mark Carney’s first official act after becoming prime minister.

That move fulfilled a promise he made during his Liberal leadership run, having called the carbon pricing policy “too divisive.”

The Conservatives claimed during the election campaign that Carney would end up bringing back consumer carbon pricing because the law itself hadn’t been repealed — even though Parliament was not sitting when the policy was ended.

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“I call it the ‘carbon tax con job,” Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre told a news conference the day Carney cancelled the consumer carbon price on March 14.

“He’s going to hide …

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