Conservatives plan to mass-text voters in four provinces to campaign against carbon tax

By Elise von Scheel
Federal carbon plan comes into effect Monday, April 1
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The Conservatives are using a new tactic to reach voters with an attack on the federal government's carbon tax just days before it comes into effect.
The Official Opposition party is deploying the usual political outreach tools — ad buys and doorstep campaigning — but it's also planning to send messages directly to voters' phones in the four provinces where the federal carbon pricing policy is being introduced.

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