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PBO Warns Carbon Tax Will Need to Rise - June 13, 2019
Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux joins Peter Van Dusen to discuss his warning that the federal government will need to increase its carbon tax across all of Canada to meet 2030 emission reduction targets. We talk Canada-China relations and the prime minister’s upcoming trip to Washington with MPs Leona Alleslev (Conservative), Guy Caron (NDP), and Rob Oliphant (Liberal), along with Gordon Houlden (China Institute, University of Alberta). Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor answers questions on the report calling for universal pharmacare in Canada. Andrew Thomson speaks with Brian Innes, president of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, about what farmers and food manufacturers want the parties to focus on during the 2019 campaign in terms of trade and new export markets. Political commentators Karl Bélanger, Tim Powers, and Susan Smith debate today’s top stories.