Freeland defends carbon tax, dismisses leadership speculation

What's different a year after the wildfires? | SaltWire #novascotia #firefighting #wildfires #newsOTTAWA – Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland stood by her government’s budget at a parliamentary committee Thursday, defending the carbon tax and the Liberals’ economic performance from Conservative MPs.

“Before you launch your campaign, we wanted to know will you continue down the path of Justin Trudeau and quadruple the carbon tax?” he asked Freeland. Freeland said countries around the world are demanding climate change policies from their trading partners and Canada can’t afford to not have a climate policy.

“Do you agree with me that that opens up room for us to have a measured increase in corporate taxes in Canada that would help with revenue for the federal government?” he asked Freeland.

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