Ontario, Saskatchewan Premiers Call for National Meeting on Carbon Tax

Two more premiers are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to host a First Ministers’ meeting on the carbon tax. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Ontario Premier Doug Ford both released letters April 5 to request a meeting. The premiers of Alberta, Newfoundland, and New Brunswick have already done so. “The Carbon Tax is unaffordable, unfair, and ineffective,” Mr. Moe said in his letter. “In the interest of fairness for all Canadians, I echo Premier Furey’s, Premier Higgs’ and Premier Smith’s letters asking you to convene a First Ministers’ Meeting to discuss the Federal Carbon Tax.” Saskatchewan stopped collecting the carbon tax on home heating Jan. 1 to protest the federal move to exempt home heating oil from the tax. The pause primarily benefits Atlantic Canada. Saskatchewan’s suggestion last fall that the exemption be extended to include natural gas and other widely used forms of home heating was rebuffed by the prime minister....