Pierre Poilievre Vows to Scrap Entire Carbon Pricing System – March 17, 2025

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a news conference at a steel factory in L’Orignal, Ont., to announce that if his party forms government after the next election he will repeal the entire carbon pricing system, including the federal backstop for industrial emissions.

The Conservative leader faces questions from reporters on his party’s support for local media organizations and on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first overseas trip to France and the United Kingdom. (no interpretation)