This👇is completely untrue.
The Harper government signed free trade agreements with 39 countries, partly through the Canada-Europe Trade Agreement, and the Trans Pacific Partnership, covering almost all European & Asian economies.
Canada did so *without* a carbon tax.
Carbon taxes were never an issue in the negotiations.
Carbon taxes are *not* an issue in the stalled Canada-UK free trade negotiations.
None of the fastest growing emerging economies have carbon taxes (eg India, Korea, China.)
None of the other major global producers of energy have a carbon tax (eg Saudi, Russia, USA, Gulf States.)
And several European governments are starting to reverse course on green policies that have led to de-industrialization.
Mark Carney is a smart guy. So who does he think he’s fooling by arguing that diversifying export markets requires imposing hugely uncompetitive carbon taxes on trade exposed sectors of our economy?