Carney’s fuel-tax holiday ‘poorly targeted,’ say some environmental advocates, but for others it’s ‘welcome news’

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the feds to scrap all fuel taxes for the rest of the year, whereas the NDP wants oil and gas windfall profits taxed as global fuel prices continue to rise.
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a temporary suspension to the federal excise tax on gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel on April 14.

Environmental advocates say Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new federal tax holiday on fuel doesn’t address the root of the problem—fossil fuel dependency—but others say the measure makes sense in the short term while Canadians continue to face steep costs at the pump.&...

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