The Conservative Party’s renewed opposition to carbon taxes is being celebrated by some outspoken MPs, while some political observers believe the stance will become increasingly popular as the tax ramps up to $170 per tonne in 2030. During last year’s federal election campaign, then-Tory leader Erin O’ Toole proposed “low-carbon savings accounts” for “greener life” items such as a transit pass or energy-efficient home retrofits, a move interpreted by most to be a carbon tax. On Feb. 9, interim leader Candice Bergen informed caucus the party was abandoning the scheme. Former Conservative MP Kerry Diotte says O’Toole’s move hurt the Tories in terms of gaining support from potential voters, noting the proposed carbon pricing scheme was just one of several other “egregious policies and issues that turned people off in the 2021 campaign.” “Our base vote bled to the People’s Party of Canada,” he wrote in a recent op-ed. “We …