Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for the opportunity to talk further on this. I mean, there's a number of jurisdictions in Canada that have already introduced carbon pricing in one form or another. B.C. has had it for some time now; Quebec has some form of it through their gasoline tax; Manitoba just recently announced that they will be doing the same; Alberta, our neighbours, just passed legislation, most of it will be paid by industry. When I asked the Premier, she said, they were going to do it by exception; if there's communities that have no employment, that have no prosperity, they would exempt them from paying carbon taxes. So perhaps we could have something similar in the Northwest Territories. So there are lots of jobs, perhaps people will be willing to pay more so to protect the environment.
Bob McLeod on Question 288-18(2): Carbon Emissions And Pricing
In the Legislative Assembly on June 28th, 2016. See this statement in context.
Question 288-18(2): Carbon Emissions And Pricing
Oral Questions
June 27th, 2016
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