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Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek says the N.W.T. is working on its own exemption to home heating oil from the carbon tax. She said the change is being discussed now but couldn't say when it might take effect.
The high cost of living in the N.W.T. is a perennial issue. Twenty-one territorial election candidates told CBC it’s one of the biggest challenges facing people in their regions right now.
Northwest Territories MLAs will hold a public hearing Monday over Bill 60, which would amend the territory’s Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act to allow the government to increase the carbon tax in accordance with new federal rules.