British Columbia’s Opposition Leader John Rustad has found a carbon tax he likes, proposing such a levy on U.S. thermal coal shipped out of provincial ports as a way to pressure the White House to not impose fresh tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber.
Rustad said the tax on U.S. coal could be a “tool to fight back” on softwood tariffs and duties proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, who has also proposed tariffs on all Canadian exports.
