Harper won't rule out carbon tax

I will say this about Stephen Harper -- he is flexible:


By Jennifer Ditchburn (CP) – 1 hour ago

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper has refused to rule out a carbon tax for sometime in the country's future, sending Conservative spin doctors scrambling to reframe his comments.
Harper was asked point blank in a year-end interview with CTV News whether Canadians will ever see a carbon tax applied to their consumption of greenhouse-emitting fossil fuels.

"I hope not," he replied. "We're going to have to see what the regime in the United States looks like. We're going to have to harmonize a lot of our efforts with their efforts to be truly effective on a continental basis.

"But obviously we're looking to avoid any additional taxes on Canadians. That's a pretty firm priority of this government."