On Friday, Ford announced that his first priority is to eliminate the Liberals’ cap-and-trade carbon-pricing scheme. He plans to do it right away, when he reconvenes the legislature in a few weeks for a special summer session.
But within hours of Ford’s announcement, Climate Change and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna’s office unleashed threats against the province: “Ontario’s current pollution pricing system meets the federal standard. If the new government changes or eliminates its system, that assessment may change and the federal price on pollution would apply.”
Whatever they try, Ford will have none of it. He’s already said he’s prepared to take this all the way up to the Supreme Court, and he’ll have Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe to join him. Plus, by that time, Jason Kenney could well be premier of Alberta. The three carbon tax amigos.
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