OTTAWA — Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney added his name to the list of Liberals promising to scrap the Trudeau government’s consumer carbon tax, instead promising incentives on the purchase of “eco-responsible” options and making “big polluters” pay more.

Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney is expected to announce a plan on Friday to abandon consumer carbon pricing but keep industrial pricing in place.

Conservatives previously levelled attacks at Carney for lack of transparency around Brookfield compensation package

My government will immediately remove the carbon tax,' said Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney during a campaign speech in Halifax, N.S.

Here’s what the activist media is reporting on this week.

In a policy statement provided to the Star, Carney said the “divisive” current consumer carbon levy “isn’t working.”

Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney on why Pierre Poilievre’s plan to remove the carbon tax would not benefit Canadians.

According to data from Abacus Data, 33% of Canadians have a positive perception of Mark Carney, compared to 29% for Chrystia Freeland. This gap also widens among current supporters of the Canadian Liberal Party (PLC),

Poll also finds top issues include the rising cost of living and housing, health care, the economy and climate change.

Abacus Data polling shows 33% of respondents view former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney positively, compared to 29% for former finance minister Chrystia Freeland.

While Mark Carney’s outsider status inspires the Liberal faithful, his performance on the campaign trail is more likely to highlight the drawbacks of political inexperience.

Battiste, a Liberal MP from Nova Scotia, was the only Indigenous candidate in the running and sought to put First Nations issues on the agenda during the contest.