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Poilievre Wants to Axe the Tax. Could Foreign Tariffs Change His Tune?

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The EU is taxing carbon-intensive imports. Under the Conservative policy Canada could be penalized.

Poilievre Wants to Axe the Tax. Could Foreign Tariffs Change His Tune? | The Tyee

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If their party’s messaging is to be believed, the first order of business in a Pierre Poilievre government will be to “axe the tax” and end the Liberal government’s carbon pricing program.

However, their victory may be short-lived.

The debate over the carbon tax has focused so far on domestic politics. However, this misses the importance of the international context. Increasingly, our trading partners take the threat of climate change seriously and use carbon tariffs to punish other countries they see as free riders.

Any government that wants to protect Canada from these tariffs will need a credible plan to reduce emissions. The result is that a future Conservative government may have to bring back the carbon tax, whether it likes it or not.

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