While Ford said he is staying out of the upcoming federal election, he took pains to brand the carbon pricing scheme as the “Trudeau Liberal carbon tax” and cast doubt on Ottawa’s promises. “The prime minister tells us that the carbon tax will be good for us, but then I sit back and say, ‘Really? She pointed to the work of Nobel Prize-winning U.S. economist Paul Romer who strongly backs a carbon price as the best way to curb pollution. “This carbon tax is like a very bad April Fool’s joke,” Environment Minister Jeff Carr said in a statement. “New Brunswickers are being hit with the highest carbon gas tax in Atlantic Canada.”— With files from Mia Rabson and Chris Purdy

Source: National Post April 01, 2019 20:03 UTC