Liberal Premier Joins Call for Ottawa to Scrap April 1 Carbon Tax Hike

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey, shown at a press conference in the Confederation Building in St. John's on Feb. 22, 2023. The Canadian Press/Paul Daly

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey is calling on Ottawa to stop its planned carbon pricing hike next month, saying the high cost of living is burden enough for Canadian families.

Mr. Furey, Canada’s only Liberal provincial premier, has penned an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking him to rethink hiking the carbon tax by 23 percent during the “most significant cost of living crisis in a generation.”