Provincial Finance Minister Siobhan Coady is disappointed that yesterday’s federal budget did not address the carbon tax.
Coady says Newfoundland and Labrador and other provinces have reiterated that the carbon tax plan is not the “right instrument.”
“We were hoping to see that the federal government would pause their tax on carbon, ” says Coady. She is pleased however that small businesses will finally see a credit.
Coady was happy to see funding for housing and support for municipalities “with infrastructure for waste water and solid waste infrastructure, that’s very important.”