Eby complains to Carney about "separatist premiers”
Eby says that Canada cannot function if “separatists” and “separatist premiers” continue to dominate the attention of the Carney government.
Author: Quinn Patrick
B.C. Premier David Eby complained that Canada cannot function if “separatists” and “separatist premiers” continue to dominate the attention of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government, while other provinces are allegedly “left out of the discussion.”
Eby made the comments in Vancouver on Wednesday ahead of his meeting with Carney as a “very straightforward message to the prime minister.”
“This country cannot work if separatists, separatist premiers, others get all of the attention of the federal government. And those provinces where we’re standing squarely behind Canada, where we’re fighting for Canada, where we couldn’t be more pro-Canadian in the project we’re advancing, where we’re left out of the discussion.”
His remarks refer to Ottawa inking a deal with Alberta for a reduced carbon price, something Eby argued last week would make B.C. less competitive.
Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have also discussed a potential oil pipeline route through B.C. to the north coast for shipment to Asian markets.
However, Eby reiterated this week that his government remains firmly opposed to lifting the oil tanker ban off B.C.’s north coast, which would be required for such a pipeline.
Eby said he also intends to ask Carney why other provinces were left out of Ottawa’s deal with Alberta for a reduced carbon price.
“This is a big deal for British Columbia and the rest of Canada because in the rest of Canada, we have a nationally mandated carbon price of $170. It seems as though there’s a possibility that this policy is being adjusted for a single province,” said Eby last week.
“We are in direct competition with Alberta on certain projects. We will not be in a competitive position if Alberta has a special federal carbon price the rest of us don’t have access to in the rest of Canada.”
However, Eby previously endorsed the industrial carbon tax, saying in a March 2025 statement that it ensured that “big industrial polluters pay their fair share,” adding that it also incentivized “industry to adopt lower-carbon technologies while maintaining their competitiveness.”
The Liberals’ Budget 2025 outlined plans to “engage” with provinces on a multi-decade schedule of rising carbon taxes for large emitters, beginning with the existing rate of $170 per tonne, with further increases to 2050 still to be determined.
The budget states that industrial carbon pricing will achieve “more emission reductions than any other policy, with negligible impacts on affordability.”
However, a number of industry leaders have noted that industrial costs are typically passed down the supply chain, something Eby recently acknowledged.
a crooked idiotic TRAITOR ,
I hope AB will LEAVE the lost country of Canada!
What a little bitch!!!
UNDRIP traitor!!!!