OTTAWA — Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney added his name to the list of Liberals promising to scrap the Trudeau government’s consumer carbon tax, instead promising incentives on the purchase of “eco-responsible” options and making “big polluters” pay more.

Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney is backing away from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's consumer carbon pricing regime but will keep industrial pricing in place.

Carney says carbon pricing has lost the support of the Canadian people; pledge follows similar vow from rival Chrystia Freeland

In a policy statement provided to the Star, Carney said the “divisive” current consumer carbon levy “isn’t working.”

Abacus Data polling shows 33% of respondents view former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney positively, compared to 29% for former finance minister Chrystia Freeland.

Nova Scotia Liberal MP Jaime Battiste says he is dropping out of the Liberal party leadership race and backing former central banker Mark Carney.

OTTAWA — The idea of becoming prime minister of Canada in a matter of weeks despite having never won an election does not seem to worry former central banker Mark Carney, who says he has started at the top many times in his career.

OTTAWA — Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney has secured the endorsements of four more current and former cabinet ministers. On Tuesday, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Minister Gary ...

With the Supreme Court agreeing to hear a court case against Quebec's controversial secularism law, Bill 21, Mark Carney, a presumed front-runner to replace Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, says he encourages the prime minister to follow through on his word to have the federal government intervene in court.

Mark Carney has picked up the most Liberal caucus ... Freeland sent shockwaves through Ottawa last December when she abruptly resigned from her job as finance minister. In an open letter, Freeland ...

In his farewell speech as Bank of Canada governor, in 2013, Mark Carney cast an admiring eye on the country he was leaving to take on the more challenging task of running Britain’s central bank. The title of his address – “ Canada Works ” – said it all.

The only Indigenous candidate in the Liberal leadership race, Jaime Battiste, has exited, in support of Mark Carney who will face reporters in Halifax Friday.