Poilievre, Premiers Ramp Up Campaign Against Carbon Tax, Climate Policies Amid Record Cold

As extreme cold temperatures hit a large part of Canada, including the Prairie provinces, the premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan and Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre are ramping up their campaign against the federal carbon tax on home heating sources. “It’s freezing in Thunder Bay and local Liberal MPs Patty Hajdu & Marcus Powlowski are making it worse,” Mr. Poilievre posted on social media on Jan. 12. “They voted to quadruple the carbon tax on gas, heating, and groceries. Making you pay more,” he wrote. “Conservatives will take the tax off to keep the heat on.” In another social media message from Jan. 12, Mr. Poilievre posted a picture of a billboard from Thunder Bay with an image of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with the words “Hike the carbon tax” beside an image of Mr. Poilievre and the words “Axe the carbon tax.”...