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'My job is not to be popular,' Trudeau says after pressed to ditch carbon price hike
CALGARY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pushed back Wednesday on growing demands from premiers to dump the planned April 1 hike to the consumer carbon levy, saying leaders must tackle both affordability and climate change.
“My job is not to be popular,” Trudeau said, briefly pausing and adding with a wry smile, “Although it helps.”
“My job is to do the right things for Canada now and do the right things for Canadians a generation from now.”
Trudeau made the comments to reporters in Calgary after meeting earlier in the day with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for the first time since last summer.