Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer Promises to Scrap Clean Fuel Standard

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer Promises to Scrap Clean Fuel Standard
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, attends a Stampede breakfast in Calgary on July 6, 2019. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising to scrap new standards that will force cleaner-burning fuels, in addition to eliminating the federal price on carbon if his party wins the fall federal election.

In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday, Scheer surmises the new standards could increase the cost of gas by at least four cents a litre over and above the government’s carbon tax.