The focus groups vented their frustration at the damage done to the Albertan economy by the lack of support from other Canadian jurisdictions. The the focus groups suggest he will find it hard not to prosecute even his most contentious promises with vigour. But Jason Hatcher, Navigator’s managing principal in Calgary, said nobody in the focus groups he attended was talking about 2021. Kenney’s Bill 1 will repeal Notley’s carbon tax and introduce the UCP’s replacement Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) Fund. Yet there was no support in the focus groups for a carbon tax.

Source: National Post April 24, 2019 20:03 UTC