Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday his Liberal government is "immediately" ending the consumer carbon price, making the change official during his first cabinet meeting. Carney, who was sworn in as prime minister along with his new cabinet earlier in the day,

Prime Minister Mark Carney's first move after taking office on Friday was to eliminate the consumer carbon price, undoing Justin Trudeau's signature climate policy.

Prime Minister Mark Carney wasted little time in removing a potent point of attack for the Conservatives in recent years: the consumer carbon tax.

Newly sworn-in Prime Minister Mark Carney is scrapping the consumer carbon levy starting next month. The order-in-council signed by Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday at his first cabinet meeting will bring an end to the consumer carbon levy on April 1.

Newly elected Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised during his campaign to scrap the program, with the fuel charge currently set to increase on April 1