Share this Story: Opinion: With green O'Toole bucks, the Conservatives have embraced carbon taxesOpinion: With green O'Toole bucks, the Conservatives have embraced carbon taxesArticle content Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole is set to lose the trust of millions of Canadians and betray hard working taxpayers by embracing carbon taxes. Try refreshing your browser, or Opinion: With green O'Toole bucks, the Conservatives have embraced carbon taxes Back to video Former Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer’s promise to repeal the carbon tax was on page one of the party’s 2019 election platform. Would you prefer cash back under the Trudeau model or O’Toole bucks towards buying a solar powered e-bike? His O’Toole bucks, like any loyalty reward program, would require significant support to run and maintain on the back end. While O’Toole’s proposal would lower the carbon tax rate from $40 per tonne to $20 per tonne at the outset, the carbon tax would increase over time to $50 per tonne, which is higher than the Trudeau carbon tax today.

Source: National Post April 16, 2021 15:22 UTC