By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press, October 6, 2016
Politicians claim Trudeau’s carbon-pricing plan will have ‘disastrous’ effect on the province
It seemed to come as a surprise to everyone: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau telling the House of Commons that Ottawa will set a minimum price for carbon pollution, forcing the hand of any province or territory that’s not doing it themselves.
Trudeau’s plan — a “floor price” of $10 per tonne starting in 2018, increasing to $50 per tonne by 2022 — didn’t sit well with Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall, a longtime opponent of pricing carbon.
