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Now that Albertans have elected the United Conservative Party as their government, that brings the number of provinces fighting the carbon tax up to five.

Incoming Premier Jason Kenney will see his government join Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick in opposing the deeply unpopular tax.

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A tipping point has been reached. With the population of Alberta tossed in to the mix, these five provinces now represent more than half the population of Canada.

You’d think this would be a wake-up call to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It’s pretty simple math. If five provinces are trying to get out from under the yoke of the carbon tax, if leaders representing the majority of the people are opposing it, that should tell Trudeau and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna something.

That something is that this tax should be put aside, placed on hold, axed, finished, removed. It’s a public policy mess. It’s a political disaster. And so far it’s been deeply divisive.