At the PC Party convention today, Brown confirmed his party supports putting a price on carbon! Apparently, reaction from the delegates was poor--in the words of the Toronto Star,
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The line drew lukewarm applause and a shout of “no” from one vocal skeptic and some groans in a crowd that came to its feet several times during the 26-minute address.
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He later said he wanted his carbon pricing policy to be "revenue neutral" and not "a cash grab", with specifics to come. With that stance, the end result will probably be maintaining the cap and trade system adopted by Wynne, but with the revenues used to fund tax cuts instead of further emissions reductions initiatives. This will compromise the environmental effectiveness of the policy and somewhat ruins the point, but will probably appeal well to the base and to a reasonable number of more centrist voters.