English-Language Debate: Leader and Carbon Tax

english-language debate: Sign up for our Election Dispatch newsletter for a daily campaign update The visit followed Monday's English-language debate, in which the Liberal leader was attacked on the one hand by Tory Leader Andrew Scheer for putting a price on carbon even as NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Leader Elizabeth May said he was not going far enough, according to CTV. The Liberals have committed to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions to 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and in government they brought in a federal carbon tax, but they also bought the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project from Kinder Morgan for 4.5 billion. Trudeau touched down for the four-hour visit to Nunavut's capital under overcast skies and chilly temperatures before making his way to the rocky banks of a nearby river where he sought to contrast his plan to protect the environment with that of the Conservatives. Unlike the Conservatives, Liberals believe that climate change is a real emergency that we must address now, said Trudeau, who made the trip north with his oldest son Xavier and daughter Ella-Grace. And I know the poeple of Iqaluit don't need any convincing on that. It's not something we can leave to our kids and grandkids to figure out. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.