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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tops the Naughty List compiled by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation this year.
âLying to Canadians and hiking the cost of heating our homes is a sure-fire way to land you on the Naughty List and the prime minister has achieved that in spectacular fashion,â said Aaron Wudrick, Federal Firector of the CTF.
âSome politicians and bureaucrats did manage to land on the Nice List this year, so letâs hope Trudeau aims for that in 2021!â
After promising not to increase taxes, Trudeau is more than tripling the carbon tax to $170 per tonne by 2030 and heâs also announced a second carbon tax.
Alberta is planning new mountaintop-removal coal mines. Here’s what that looks like
Debate has swirled as Alberta opens up a large swath of the Rocky Mountains’ eastern slopes to new coal mining. B.C.’s Elk Valley offers a preview of what may come next Share A mine in B.C. s Elk Valley. Teck Resources owns and operates a number of metallurgical coal mines in the region that provide coal for use in steelmaking. As Alberta moves to make more of the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains open to coal mining, more mountain-top-removal mines could operate in the province. Photo: Callum Gunn
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A new poll suggests that most people in most provinces feel their governments have done a good job dealing with the pandemic. Just not in Alberta or Manitoba.