British Columbia’s government was fast-tracking the end of its consumer carbon tax on Monday, in time for the lifting of the federal equivalent the next day, with Premier David Eby saying consumers should expect immediate price relief at gas pumps.
The NDP’s bill amending B.C.’s Carbon Tax Act to set the consumer rate at $0 passed its first reading on Monday — BC Green Rob Botterell was the lone dissenting vote — and it was poised to complete its journey into law by midnight under so-called “accelerated consideration.”
However, the Opposition Conservatives and BC Greens expressed concerns about the financial shortfall that scrapping the tax leaves in the budget,
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