Stephen Harper's position on carbon taxes

From a Canadian Press article published back in June 2006: "Harper rules out federal carbon tax as a climate change strategy"

"The federal government absolutely disagrees with a carbon tax and will not impose it," he said outside a cabinet meeting.

"We believe if a carbon tax is effective at all, it will ultimately be effective only because it will raise gas prices on consumers.

That's not something we're going to do."

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My comments: Well, that takes care of that. Not a big surprise given his Alberta base and political instints.