
By John Weidlich, CBC News, October 16, 2016
Industry group says incentives to buy newer, greener machines would be better
Members of the Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Association are concerned about the possible imposition of a carbon tax, noting such a move could lead to significant added costs for road building and other infrastructure work.
“We don’t have a lot of details,” Shantel Lipp, president of the association, said Sunday, referencing a recentannouncement by the federal government which insisted that a carbon pricing system be in place in Canada within the next few years.