Kenora MP Eric Melillo says he will respect a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that the federal Liberal government’s carbon price is constitutional.
However, the Conservative says just because a carbon tax is constitutional and you are allowed to do it, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good policy.
“We still believe that the carbon tax is only going to make life more expensive for some of the poorest Canadians and it’s not going to do anything to fight climate change,” he claims.
Melillo suggests this is only a setback and notes his party has a strategy in place.
“We’re remaining committed to scrapping the carbon tax when we form government, and of course we’re going to bring forward in place of [the carbon tax], a comprehensive climate change plan to protect our environment which we badly need,” Melillo says.
He argues the Liberal government is only putting forward “more and more taxes.”
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said this past week that his approach would focus instead on partnering with provinces and bolstering the economy to get emissions down, but did not go into specific details.