NDP says carbon price is not ‘be-all, end-all’ of climate policy, backs Tory motion

OTTAWA — The New Democrats say they will support a Conservative motion that calls on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to defend his carbon pricing policy in a televised “emergency meeting” with the country’s premiers.

NDP environment critic Laurel Collins says the carbon price is not the “be-all, end-all” of climate policy and that New Democrats are open to alternative plans presented by premiers. 

Collins says the Liberal government is using climate as a political wedge, and the meeting will be a good way to bring Canadians together and spark new ideas.

Trudeau has so far rebuked meeting requests from the six premiers, including from Ontario, Western Canada and the Atlantic provinces.