Doug Ford on carbon pricing: ‘Worst place you could put money is into the government’s pockets’

Asked how he feels about the momentum of Ontario’s economy on Monday during a press conference in Essex County, Ont., Premier Doug Ford criticized the federal government’s soon-to-be-raised carbon pricing initiative. “The worst place you could put money is into the government’s pockets,” Ford said. “Now you got me on a roll,” he joked.

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