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Bob Zimmer

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 11, 2023
Context: Committee Evidence - INAN-89 (INAN) - Dec/11/23
Mr. Bob Zimmer (Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, CPC)
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Mr. Chair, I'd actually like to make a notice of motion for the following: That the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs report to the House that it: a. recognizes that the newly elected premier of the Northwest Territories, R.J. Simpson, does not support the carbon tax and wants a complete exemption for the territory; b. recognizes that the Liberal government's carbon tax has disproportionately impacted northern and indigenous communities; c. agrees with the newly elected premier of the Northwest Territories that higher costs are not the solution; d. recognizes that the territories, first nations, Inuit and Métis should be equally exempt from the carbon tax. I'd like to put that on notice. The Northwest Territories, as most in this room know, went through an election several weeks ago. They go through a process where they select the premier from the current allotment of MLAs, so he was just made premier this Thursday. One of his first comments to the public, in an interview on CBC, was about his request for an exemption from the carbon tax for the Northwest Territories. This is from the premier directly: “I mean, ideally, a complete exemption for the territory is what we would hope for,” said R.J. Simpson.... “The costs are [really] high—higher costs are not the solution up here.”
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