Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie appears to be distancing herself and her party from the Justin Trudeau government’s carbon tax, sidestepping questions about whether or not the policy has provincial support.
“I'm not here to tell the federal government how to do their job. They're getting lots of advice from a lot of people,” Crombie told reporters on Tuesday morning. “I'm here to create a very ambitious and innovative plan for Ontarians.”Parliamentary Leader John Fraser noted Monday it would be “fair” to say the Ontario Liberals were putting some space between their national counterparts.
“We will make polluters pay, but we won't add additional tax burden to Ontarians because we know they can't handle more taxes at this time.” Crombie reiterated that the carbon tax exists in Ontario because the Doug Ford government eliminated cap and trade in 2018. Cap and trade, which was a provincial Liberal party before Ford was elected premier, put limits on the amount of pollution certain companies could emit.
The Ford government will likely continue to push the provincial liberals for a firm stance on the federal carbon tax in an effort to continue and separate the two levels of government.
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