Come up with better ideas than carbon tax

If a politician wants to be remembered fondly after they've been relieved of the mortal coil, they must be courageous during their time in office: Pierre Trudeau, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and Brian Mulroney are all prime examples.

- MARK MCQUEEN

Given their cynical moves on Canada's carbon tax, neither NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh nor Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will likely join that august list.

Justin Trudeau capitulated to pressure from his Atlantic region MPs and removed the carbon tax on home heating oil in 2023, making it a bit rich for some Liberals to call Singh "unprincipled" in the wake of his death bed conversion regarding the "burden" the carbon tax has put on Canadian families.

Whether or not their climate strategy would materially impact global emissions, both Trudeau and Singh could at least boast that their carbon tax was a plan of sorts. Even if I've never understood how their particular approach would change our behaviour, when Trudeau claimed his quarterly rebate cheques returned 100 per cent of the incremental cost that most Canadian Swim Dads or Hockey Moms paid to fill up their car.