Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid a visit to the Lewis family farm in Gray, Sask. on Thursday.
He spent the morning touring around the farm and learning about the latest techniques and innovations.
Farmers are hoping this hands-on experience will help him better understand the challenges they’re facing. Carbon tax is still a controversial issue for many people who attended his meet and greet later that morning.
“In some of the other jurisdictions in the country, it’s been a real detriment to agriculture, and we’re fortunate in this province we’ve taken a little bit of a slower track,” farmer Todd Lewis said.
However, Trudeau stuck to his message when he addressed the crowd.
“Putting a price on carbon pollution is a way of encouraging and rewarding people who are innovating and reducing their carbon pollution outputs,” Trudeau said.
“What it actually means is as you innovate and make investments that are better in terms of fuel efficiency, in terms of productivity, you’re going to be rewarded more than others who won’t make those changes,” he said.
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In his latest conversation with President Donald Trump, Trudeau said he highlighted the dangers of cancelling NAFTA.
“It would cause a lot of short and medium term pain for an awful lot of families, and he, like me, got elected on a platform of helping people helping the middle class, growing the economy,” Trudeau said.
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Trudeau also addressed the recent court ruling that non-Catholic children cannot attend Catholic schools.
“At this point, that’s an issue that’s very much being seized at the provincial level. It may eventually make its way to the federal level at which point we will engage and look into it, but for now the province seems to have it well in hand,” he said.
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