Canada’s newest premier says that in an ideal world, Ottawa would provide his territory with a blanket exemption from the carbon tax.
“I mean, ideally, a complete exemption for the territory is what we would hope for,” said R.J. Simpson, chosen this week as premier of the Northwest Territories, in an interview Sunday on Rosemary Barton Live.
“The costs are already high — higher costs are not the solution up here.”
