Overview
- On May 27, the government tabled legislation to formally remove the consumer carbon pricing law after setting the levy to zero by regulation in March.
- Mark Carney used executive regulations to halt the household carbon price as his first act in office, fulfilling his campaign promise.
- Officials say repealing the consumer levy will clear legal hurdles for a strengthened industrial carbon pricing system expected to deliver deeper emissions cuts.
- Major oil and gas producers have lobbied to scrap the industrial levy, warning it undermines Canada’s competitiveness against foreign rivals.
- Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has pledged to eliminate both consumer and industrial carbon levies if elected, calling the charges burdensome.