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Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister plans to discuss carbon tax with prime minister
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he would like to discuss carbon taxes and climate change with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when the federal cabinet holds a retreat in Winnipeg next week.
Pallister says Trudeau has talked about reaching out to western Canadians in light of poor Liberal federal election results, and showing flexibility on a carbon tax would be a good way to do that.
The federal government has imposed a carbon tax on provinces that didn’t have their own, including Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Saskatchewan — as well as on Alberta where the United Conservative premier repealed the tax brought in by his NDP predecessor.
Some of the provinces, including Manitoba, have challenged the tax in court.