Finance Committee Votes to Call Former BoC Governor Mark Carney to Testify on Support for Carbon Tax

Mark Carney, U.N. special envoy for climate action and finance and co-chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, speaks onstage during the Bloomberg Transition Finance Action Forum at The Plaza Hotel in New York on Sept. 19, 2023. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies

The House of Commons Finance Committee has voted to call former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney to testify on whether he would support a carbon tax if elected as the next Liberal leader.

“The Liberals’ tax and spend agenda has driven up the cost of everything, forcing the Bank of Canada to increase interest rates at the fastest pace in its history,” Conservative MP and shadow finance minister Jasraj Singh Hallan said in a May 28 press release. “As a result of this, Canadians deserve to know whether the next Liberal leader will continue Trudeau’s failed policies.”