Canada needs to tax big oil, writes Ottawa advocate

In a recent speech, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on rich countries like Canada to tax the fossil fuel sector’s excess profits, writes Matthew Levin.

In a recent speech, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres tore into oil and gas companies for “feasting on hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies and windfall profits while household budgets shrink and our planet burns.” Then he called on rich countrie...

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