Posted AT 9:20 AM EDT on 10/05/08
'We are not changing the carbon tax. No,' B.C. Premier says
PRINCE GEORGE — Premier Gordon Campbell says he won't bend to northern concerns about his carbon tax, but avoided saying so yesterday in a keynote speech to a meeting of northern B.C. communities, who have challenged him to revise the tax.
In fact, Mr. Campbell did not even say the words “carbon tax” aloud during his 40-minute speech to the delegates of the North Central Municipal Association.
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