As I mentioned before, I think what we'll see with a carbon tax—what we do see—is that it's a very layered thing, much like the provincial sales tax in B.C. that we deal with. When you have taxation or any kind of levy that layers into various levels of the supply chain, I think it can only result in higher costs.
Again, that's not in defence of or against a carbon tax. I have my own opinion, of course, but I certainly would resist any kind of layered taxation like that. I would say that's why I would oppose a carbon tax in general. I can see that it would only be a layered tax and it would add cost, if I can make this clear, at every aspect of the supply chain, especially here in the north where there are a lot of transportation costs and generally a consumption of oil and gas, for sure. Certainly, again, if we look at it from the other side when you're talking about employment, which is maybe the bigger issue, these carbon taxes do affect the way businesses look at investing in infrastructure and investing in projects in the region. If those investments and projects are not done, it affects employment as well.
I think there's a double pressure that comes in from things like carbon tax. One is the economic slowdown because it creates an additional cost for the industries that feed and clothe people here. I think from the other side, it's this layered idea of just additional costs all the way through. No matter what's done to try to mitigate that, there are going to be almost exponentially layered costs through the whole supply chain.