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Carbon Tax Would 'Kneecap' Struggling Economy: Saskatchewan Premier Wall

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 19 Feb, 2016 12:57 PM
    REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says bringing in a carbon tax would "kneecap" an already struggling economy.
     
    Wall was reacting to a report in the Globe and Mail that the federal government is eyeing a national carbon tax of $15 a tonne.
     
    The premier says the last thing the economy and the energy sector need right now is a new tax.
     
    Wall argues that the idea is not right for the country and he hopes it can be discussed when the premiers meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau next month in Vancouver.
     
    The Saskatchewan government has talked in the past about a carbon levy for heavy emitters that would see money go back into a technology fund to help find ways to reduce emissions.
     
    Wall says that's off the table right now too.

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