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NDP leader Tom Mulcair's tone may have changed following his firsttrip to Alberta's oil sands but his diagnosis for what is ailingCanada's economy remains the same, says Saskatchewan Premier BradWall. In an interview airing on CBC Radio's The House on Saturday, Wall tells host Evan Solomon the NDP leader is still"pretty blunt about not having changed his position that we haveDutch Disease." That's because after touring Alberta's oil sands on Thursday,Mulcair repeated comments he first made during the May 5 episode of The House , when he told Solomon the Canadian dollar was being held"artifically high" by the oil sands causing the economy harm inother parts of the country such as the manufacturing sector in theEast. Wall told Solomon he still has "real concerns" about Mulcair's"Dutch Disease" thesis but will wait to see what policy the federalOpposition leader puts forward. Mulcair's controversial comments have sparked a national debatewhile unleashing a flurry of criticism with Western Premiersleading the charge. Wall called Mulcair's comments "divisive" while the Premiers ofBritish Columbia and Alberta fired back describing the NDP leader'scomments as "goofy" and pits one part of the country againstanother.. Mulcair dismissed their criticism by calling the Premiers"messengers" for Stephen Harper. On Thursday, Mulcair said his beef was with the federal governmentand not the Premiers. "Leaders at the provincial level are already seized with thisissue... Sadly, that isn't the case with this federal governmentunder Stephen Harper," said Mulcair. 'Making polluters pay' The NDP leader reserved his strongest criticism for the federalgovernment and its environmental policies which New Democrats seereflected in Bill C-38, the omnibus budget implementation bill. "Increasingly, we find that if companies in certain sectors don'tobey environmental laws the government doesn't demand that theychange their behaviour, instead the government just changes thelaw," said the federal New Democrat. Mulcair explained that his presciption for the so-called "DutchDisease" includes "making polluters pay." Wall told Solomon if Mulcair is alluding to a cap-and-trade system,that's where the two "part company in a dramatic way. And I thinkthe West will as well," said the Saskatchewan leader. "From our perspective, [cap-and-trade] is moving emissions around.It's a tax. And it's a transfer potentially out of a region of theeconomy where jobs are being created," said Wall. The Saskatchewan Premier explained that his government will put aprice on carbon while keeping the proceeds in the province. "The emitters pay into a tech fund that they can access to investinto the technology," he explained. Wall told Solomon, "hopefully now we have moved to the point whereit is a robust debate and each side will make it's case and oneside won't be a messenger for any other.". The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Steam Bath Generator Manufacturer , China Sauna Steam Generator, and more. For more , please visit Electric Steam Generator today!
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