Carbon tax 'just makes sense' Trudeau says amid ramped up opposition to price hike across Canada
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As Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre puts the prime minister on notice that his party plans to force 'multiple votes' on the planned April 1 carbon tax increase, Justin Trudeau is standing by his policy, calling those opposed 'short-term thinker politicians.'
As Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre puts the prime minister on notice that his party plans to force "multiple votes" on the planned April 1 carbon tax increase, Justin Trudeau is standing by his policy.
"Putting a price on carbon emissions just makes sense," Trudeau said, facing reporters' questions about the growing resistance to the pollution pricing and rebate system amid ongoing affordability concerns.
In a close to 10-minute response to one questioner, the prime minister acknowledged that "right now everyone is stressed out with the cost of living," while stating climate change is one of the real challenges Canadians are facing.
In his lengthy response Trudeau also panned the "political misinformation and disinformation" around the marquee Liberal climate change plan, and suggested it's an easy solution for "short-term thinker politicians" to call for it to end.
The prime minister said that he feels strongly about not pushing the problem off to future generations, and he thinks the "market-based" carbon pricing approach is "cleaner."
"My job is not to be popular—although it helps— my job, is to do the right things for Canada now, and do the right things for Canadians a generation from now," Trudeau said.
"And yeah, it's not always popular, but I know that doing the right things today… is going to make a huge difference in the path we take forward."
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