Poilievre Says Carbon Tax Provision Preventing Party From Supporting Ukraine Trade Deal

The text of the agreement states that Canada and Ukraine will ‘promote carbon pricing’ and ’measures to mitigate carbon leakage risks,' among other things.
Poilievre Says Carbon Tax Provision Preventing Party From Supporting Ukraine Trade Deal
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 19, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party voted against a free trade agreement with Ukraine because of wording in the bill around promoting carbon taxes.

“I really think that it speaks to how pathologically obsessed Trudeau is with the carbon tax, that while the knife is at the throat of Ukrainians, he would use that to impose his carbon tax ideology on those poor people. The last thing they need is a carbon tax when they’re trying to rebuild from war from this illegal invasion by Russia,” Mr. Poilievre told reporters before heading into question period on Nov. 22.