Carney also committed to developing a “Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism” —essentially a tariff — on products in certain sectors imported from countries that don’t have an equivalent industrial carbon levy.

Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney is backing away from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's consumer carbon pricing regime but will keep industrial pricing in place.

Three environment ministers who served in Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government are supporting Mark Carney, who favours scrapping the consumer carbon price.

Canada’s national carbon tax on consumer fuels is likely in its final weeks after both major contenders to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader have promised to scrap it.