Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s latest unsuccessful attempt to call on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to repeal his carbon pricing system has secured the support of one Liberal MP. On Wednesday, Liberal MP for Avalon, Nfld. Ken McDonald was the only member of his caucus to vote in favour on a non-binding motion from the Official Opposition. While the proposal was defeated in a 209-119 vote, McDonald was the only member of the Liberal, Bloc Quebecois or NDP caucuses who sided with Poilievre’s proposal. The Conservative motion(opens in a new tab), debated last Thursday, called out the other parties for their support for increasing the price on carbon, while imploring the House of Commons to “call on the government to introduce legislation, within seven days of this motion being adopted, to repeal all carbon taxes.”When McDonald rose in the House to vote in favour of the motion, he was greeted by loud applause and cheers from across the aisle. This was not the first time McDonald was the only Liberal MP to support a motion touting the Conservatives’ pledge to “axe the tax.”
In 2022, he sided with the Official Opposition(opens in a new tab) on their ask for the federal Liberal government to heed Liberal Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador Andrew Furey’s request for a carbon tax exemption on home heating fuels.
Poilievre and Trudeau exchanged jabs over the division… Source::ctvnews.ca/
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
