By David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, January 5, 2018
All the Progressive Conservative party’s leadership candidates are skeptical of carbon taxes, seeking support from party members who hate them even more, but their party is counting on billions of dollars in carbon-tax money to pay for its election promises.
They need the cash even more than the Liberals do. That’s an awkward position for a party of tax-fighters, and one Doug Ford, Christine Elliott and Caroline Mulroney somehow have to reconcile.
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