Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is taking aim at the industrial carbon tax as a job-killing “cash grab,” putting him on a collision course with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who has agreed to keep the levy alive under her deal with Ottawa.
“The industrial carbon tax has nothing to do with the environment,” Poilievre said. “It is a cash grab that kills jobs for our people and drives up the costs for our consumers.”
Poilievre said the levy puts Canadian steel, aluminum, auto and other major industries at a disadvantage against foreign competitors.
“The Americans don’t have that tax. The Europeans are exempting heavy industry from that tax. The Chinese economy doesn’t pay that tax,” he said, arguing Canada is pushing production and jobs into foreign economies by increasing costs at home.
