OTTAWA — Green Party leader Elizabeth May says supporting the Carney government on the budget vote is a “mistake” she won’t make again.

May told The Canadian Press the memorandum of understanding Prime Minister Mark Carney signed with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on energy — specifically the part that applies federal tax credits to enhanced oil recovery — amounted to a “significant betrayal and a reversal” which has her questioning the worth of Carney’s word.

“I don’t know if the prime minister lied but I think he needs to consider what his word means when his word was given,” she said.

“He obviously thought getting a deal with Danielle Smith was more important than his word.”

As The Canadian Press reported Friday, then-cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault was dispatched to win May’s v

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