Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shake hands after signing an updated free trade agreement on Parliament Hill.
The House of Commons passed an updated free trade agreement with Ukraine on Tuesday over the objections of Conservative MPs, who have attacked the bill for containing a reference to "carbon pricing." The House of Commons passed an updated free trade agreement with Ukraine on Tuesday over the objections of Conservative MPs, who have attacked the bill for containing a reference to "carbon pricing.
Growing number of Conservative voters think Canada gives 'too much support' to Ukraine, poll suggestsConservatives call on Canada to donate rockets to Ukraine — but not all are battle-ready Poilievre, whose party has maintained a large polling lead over Trudeau's Liberals for months, has said his party still supports Ukraine and that his only objection is to the carbon pricing provision.Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre blasted the prime minister's record on Ukraine and talked about his own plans to make Canadian natural gas available to Europe.
The trade agreement imposes no such obligation on the Ukrainian government to introduce a carbon tax. It does include a provision saying the two countries will cooperate to "promote carbon pricing and measures to mitigate carbon leakage risks.
"We thank members of Parliament who supported this important piece of legislation. We are disappointed that the vote in favour of the bill was not unanimous," UCC president Alexandra Chyczij said in a media statement.
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