VANCOUVER — A re-elected NDP government would scrap British Columbia’s long-standing carbon tax and shift the burden to “big polluters” if the federal government dropped its requirement for the law, Premier David Eby said Thursday.

At a campaign event in Vancouver, Eby said his government would end the provincial carbon tax on consumers if the federal “legal backstop” requiring the province to keep the tax in place is removed.

David Eby said the federal Liberal government's approach to the carbon tax has 'badly damaged' a political consensus on the issue in B.C.{ai:summary}<p>The re-elected NDP government in British Columbia, led by Premier David Eby, plans to eliminate the provincial carbon tax on consumers if the federal requirement for its continuation is lifted. The focus would shift the financial responsibility to major polluters instead.</p><p>This change is part of the NDP's campaign strategy aimed at addressing climate policy without burdening individual consumers. #politics</p>

B.C. NDP will scrap consumer carbon tax if federal government drops legal requirement: Premier Eby

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