Canada’s new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has scrapped the federal consumer carbon tax, claiming it was too divisive and burdened citizens amidst risi

Prime Minister Mark Carney wasted little time in removing a potent point of attack for the Conservatives in recent years: the consumer carbon tax.

While concerns over climate change prompted the Trudeau government to introduce its signature carbon tax in 2019, newly minted Prime Minister Mark Carney cut the unpopular consumer carbon tax rate to zero on Friday.

The Liberal government in Canada has ended the consumer carbon price immediately. This decision was made official during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first cabinet meeting on Friday afternoon. Carney stated that people who have been getting a rebate on the carbon price will get one final payment for the next quarter in April.

British Columbia's government will follow through on its promise to repeal the province's consumer carbon tax after new Prime Minister Mark Carney moved to eliminate the federal version of the levy on Friday.

Mark Carney wasted no time making his first big move as prime minister of Canada. Just hours after being sworn in on Friday, he signed an order eliminating the federal carbon pollution pricing on consumers — better known as the carbon tax — following through on a key promise he made during his Liberal leadership bid.