The federal government’s carbon tax is rising on Monday, as are the political tensions and backlash surrounding it. Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with The Globe and Mail’s climate policy columnist Adam Radwanski and The Canadian Press Parliament Hill reporter Stephanie Taylor to trace the origin, theory and effectiveness of the tax, why it became so politically divisive, and how parties and leaders at various levels of government are using it in different ways to appeal to voters.
