N.S. Liberal leader sheds light on new N.B. premier's carbon tax plans
CBC
It took a campaign promise by Nova Scotia's Liberal leader on Monday to shed new light on how New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt may try to replace the federal carbon tax.
Holt was vague during her recent election campaign about exactly what she would propose to Ottawa that complies with the national pricing standard while removing the tax consumers pay at gas stations.
But Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Zach Churchill said Monday morning that he and Holt have discussed an Atlantic Canada-wide cap-and-trade system similar to the one in Quebec.
"I have talked to Premier Holt," he told a news conference.
"She agrees with this plan and we think we can convince other provinces to work with us on a made-in-Atlantic-Canada solution to carbon pricing that will take the price off the pumps and that actually meets the federal legislative framework."
Churchill made the comments while announcing his party's platform for the Nov. 26 Nova Scotia election.
Holt was considerably cagier when she rolled out her platform on Oct. 3.
She said at the time she wanted a more "robust" carbon price on large industrial emitters, coupled with federal recognition that many New Brunswickers don't have transportation options and must drive vehicles and buy gas that is subject to the tax.
"That's a conversation that we'll need to have with Ottawa," she told reporters.
"We're going to go to Ottawa with a clear ask of what we want our industrial price to be, what we're looking to do to incentivize and support New Brunswickers to change their behaviour … and I am expecting a willingness to have the conversation from the federal government."
Holt did not mention a cap-and-trade system.
The new premier spent most of Monday in the first meeting of her cabinet.
Her spokesperson Katie Beers said Holt spoke to Churchill Sunday night and said she was "open to the idea but there are many details to figure out.
"We are working with the department now to get a better idea of what this solution could look like," Beers wrote.
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