globeandmail.com: Bill Clinton praises B.C.'s carbon tax

VANCOUVER — Gordon Campbell, the embattled premier of British Columbia, received some big-name support Friday afternoon for his controversial carbon tax: Bill Clinton, the former president of the United States.

Mr. Clinton said Mr. Campbell's efforts to combat climate change is “the greatest economic generator you could embrace.”

“I know he's taken some heat,” Mr. Clinton said of Mr. Campbell's critics.