Northerners deserve a government that has their back

Instead, Trudeau’s dismissive approach has meant delayed infrastructure money and a carbon tax paternalistically dictated from Ottawa.

When then-Nunavut premier Peter Taptuna signed onto a national climate deal in 2016, he was promised his territory’s ‘unique circumstances’ would be taken into account. But little has come of that, writes Conservative MP Cathy McLeod. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE MP CATHY MCLEOD

May 16, 2018

Last time I had the opportunity to write for the Hill Times, I spoke of the fortitude and resilience of Canadian northerners. The pristine land and waters north of the 60th parallel are full of stunning beauty, but also unique challenges. The Conservative Party, led by Andrew Scheer, beli...

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