B.C. to scrap carbon pricing if federal government drops requirement

British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government will end the provincial carbon tax on consumers and shift the onus to “big polluters” if the federal government removes a legal requirement to keep the tax in place.Eby says B.C. residents are struggling with affordability, but a re-elected NDP government would make “big polluters” pay a price for carbon to take action on climate change.He says the federal government’s approach to the carbon tax has “badly damaged” what was a political consensus on the issue in the province.