OTTAWA — 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.

Conservatives previously levelled attacks at Carney for lack of transparency around Brookfield compensation package

Here’s what the activist media is reporting on this week.

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

Poll also finds top issues include the rising cost of living and housing, health care, the economy and climate change.

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.

While Mark Carney’s outsider status inspires the Liberal faithful, his performance on the campaign trail is more likely to highlight the drawbacks of political inexperience.

Transport Minister Anita Anand, Defence Minister Bill Blair and Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith all announced Saturday they’re endorsing Mark Carney for federal Liberal leader as more of Justin Trudeau’s cabinet coalesces around the former Bank of Canada governor.

According to data from Abacus Data, 33% of Canadians have a positive perception of Mark Carney, compared to 29% for Chrystia Freeland. This gap also widens among current supporters of the Canadian Liberal Party (PLC),

Mark Carney, the former central banker who’s running to lead Canada, said the government should be open to curbing electricity exports to the US if it needs to retaliate against tariffs from the Trump administration.

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.