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If the Pallister government wants to convince Manitobans that its proposed carbon tax will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by one megatonne, the province should provide the evidence to back up that claim.

The Tories’ released their so-called green plan Friday, which among other things calls for a $25-a-tonne carbon tax. That would translate into a five-cent-a-litre gas tax, a 6.7-cent diesel tax and a five-cent per cubic metre natural gas tax. Premier Brian Pallister claims that will result in emissions reductions of just over one megatonne, yet his government has provided no evidence whatsoever to demonstrate how the tax would result in lower emissions.

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Pallister’s point-man on the green plan, David McLaughlin – who was the Tories’ campaign manager during the 2016 provincial election – promised reporters during a technical briefing Friday that government would provide the data to prove how a five-cent gas tax would reduce emissions. Yet the government still hasn’t produced that evidence.