Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is threatening to plunge Canada into a “carbon tax election” as Liberal MPs struggle to defend the government’s signature climate policy against growing backlash.
Poilievre said he intends to move a non-confidence motion in the House of Commons, his latest manoeuvre to pressure the government over the consumer carbon levy.
The Opposition leader has ratcheted up his attacks on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in advance of the April 1 federal price increase to $80 per tonne, up from $65.