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Trudeau Carbon Tax in Crosshairs as Report Sparks Fresh Debate
- Conservatives, Liberals both say document proves their claims
- Budget officer had to redo report after making modeling error
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national carbon price faced a fresh round of fierce political bickering after a spending watchdog stood by his conclusion that most households will be worse off due to the tax.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux released an updated report on Thursday to fix a mistake in his initial review of the tax published in March 2023. The new document holds to the basic findings of the original report — prompting both Trudeau’s Liberals and Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives to claim it as a political win.