Federal Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn says he's going to take on carbon taxes during the coming federal election, and he doesn't care if he offends B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell by doing it.
Campbell's Liberals introduced an escalating carbon tax last July as part of the provincial government's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by one-third by 2020.
The federal Liberals have made a similar carbon tax a major part of their federal election platform.
Lunn, the Conservative MP of a Victoria area riding, says carbon taxes are a poor approach to fighting global warming.
He says the Tories plan to place tough anti-pollution regulations on industry instead.
The federal election may put the B.C. Liberals in a tough spot, as the federal Tories campaign against a key provincial policy in the lead up to a provincial election next spring.
