Ralph Goodale defends national carbon pricing
Saskatchewan’s only MP in the current Liberal government is explaining and defending the prime minister’s announcement of a carbon pricing plan last week.
The Prime Minister announced anational minimum price on carbon in the House of Commons last week, which would require provinces to either have their own plan in place by 2018 or abide by the federal price – provinces could also implement a cap-and-trade system, which Quebec already has.
This rubbed a lot of people in Saskatchewan the wrong way, with Premier Brad Wall calling itdisrespectful, a betrayal, and saying it will hurt Saskatchewan’s economy. Wall also said he’ll be lookingat his legal options.
Speaking on Gormley just a few days later, Regina-Wascana MP Ralph Goodale explained that under the plan, the money collected would stay in the province and the government could decide what to do with it.