Canada: Trudeau defends carbon tax
"Putting a price on carbon pollution is a way of encouraging and rewarding people who are innovating and reducing their carbon pollution outputs," the prime minister said at a news conference in front of a couple hundred people at the Gray rink.
Trudeau said every penny collected from a carbon tax in Saskatchewan will stay in the province.
But the carbon tax idea is not popular among producers, who fear it will hurt income and competitiveness, especially with their American counterparts who don't have a carbon tax.
Read more at CTV News