Ontario Premier Doug Ford says there's no stopping his government's plan to continue the carbon tax challenge against the Trudeau Government, despite the federal Conservatives results in Ontario in the election.
"We are going to pursue it," he said on CP24 Thursday morning. "I was ran on making life more affordable, I ran on making sure we're more competitive."
"So we'll see it through."
Ford made the comments on his first day of media interviews following the election, beginning with a radio interview on CFRA in Ottawa and his TV appearance in Toronto.
He will also be on NEWSTALK1010 During the Rush with Ryan and Jay at 5:15 p.m.
Despite Justin Trudeau constantly slamming Ford's name during the campaign and Conservative Andrew Scheer almost avoiding it altogether, Ford said he understands the strategy.
"We're done with the politics now, I get it, not a problem, people expect us to go together," Ford said regarding his phone call with Trudeau on Tuesday.
Ford said he thanked Trudeau for supporting the Ontario Line transit plan and said there's common ground in their bases.
"I said this on the phone to him, a tremendous amount of people that voted for me, voted for him," he said.
But on climate, where many political observers say was a key reason why the Conservatives failed to win more seats in Ontario, Ford doesn't appear to be giving way.
His government lost its case against it in the Ontario Court of Appeal in June, followed by the PCs saying they would appeal it to the Supreme Court.
In August, Ford appeared to open the door to the challenge being dropped when he said voters would have the ultimate say during the election, but later confirmed it was going ahead.
Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner slammed continuing the strategy.
"Two-thirds of Canadians and the vast majority of Ontarians voted for parties that support pollution pricing," Schreiner said. "The Premier must stop wasting tax dollars on this frivolous lawsuit.