VANCOUVER—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal carbon tax will help deal with weather disasters such as fires in northern Alberta. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWKenney’s United Conservative government repealed the province’s carbon tax last week to make good on an election campaign promise. “They’ve had a carbon tax in British Columbia for 10 years,” he said Friday. “It hasn’t made a difference to the pattern of forest fires there ... or in Alberta. We always will.” Trudeau said the carbon tax will help the federal government protect land and oceans, invest in renewable resources and move to a cleaner economy.

Source: thestar June 04, 2019 18:11 UTC