B.C. Premier David Eby says his government is drafting legislation to scrap the province's consumer carbon tax following a promise from Prime Minister Mark Carney to do the same.

British Columbia's government will follow through on its promise to repeal the province's consumer carbon tax after new Prime Minister Mark Carney moved to eliminate the federal version of the levy on Friday.

Mark Carney wasted no time making his first big move as prime minister of Canada. Just hours after being sworn in on Friday, he signed an order eliminating the federal carbon pollution pricing on consumers — better known as the carbon tax — following through on a key promise he made during his Liberal leadership bid.