Tag Archive: Trudeau says naysayers on Canada’s carbon-tax plan using ‘scare tactics’


on October 15, 2016 in World News

Trudeau says naysayers on Canada’s carbon-tax plan using ‘scare tactics’

By Bill Graveland Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is aiming to counter the “political torque and misinformation” on the federal government’s controversial carbon-pricing plan. Trudeau said the government’s challenge is to ensure people understand that the money collected on carbon pollution will flow back to the provinces and territories. “There are a lot of people that are trying scare tactics and divisive tactics to point out disaster scenarios that have no basis in fact,” he said Friday. The prime minister made the comments Friday in Medicine Hat, Alta., where he is stumping for Liberal candidate Stan Sakamoto before a byelection called for...

By Bill Graveland Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is aiming to counter the “political torque and misinformation” on the federal government’s controversial carbon-pricing plan. Trudeau said the government’s challenge is to ensure people understand that the money collected on...

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