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Premier Kathleen Wynne is leaving the door open to a new tax to combat climate change, just months after saying a carbon tax was not part of the Ontario government’s plan.

After winning a majority government last June, Wynne said a carbon tax was not something the Liberals planned to introduce, even though she wanted a new plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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The province could adopt a cap-and-trade system that lets the worst polluters buy credits from companies that burn less fossil fuels, or impose a tax on all carbon emissions, including gasoline burned by automobiles.

When pressed today about following British Columbia’s lead and imposing a carbon tax, which included a seven-cent-a-litre levy on gas, Wynne refused to rule out the idea.

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The premier said she wasn’t prepared to say what options the province may come up with, but added Ontario must do its part as part of a national strategy on climate change.