Poilievre in Oshawa says zero tax on gas will save 25¢ a litre

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was in Oshawa on Saturday from where he once again called on the federal government to suspend all taxes on fuel until the end of 2026.

The Liberal government, said Poilievre, has agreed to cancel only a third of the taxes for a third of the year.

Poilievre was on a whistle-stop tour to promote his plan for ‘Zero Gas Tax’ with the Conservative team.

The Conservatives pointed out that the call comes days after Statistics Canada reported that Canada again has the worst food inflation in the G7, a year after Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney took office promising affordable groceries.

Even after the brief suspension of the fuel excise tax, Canadians are still paying 14.7 per cent more than Americans at the pump because of Canada’s weak dollar and higher fuel taxes, said a statement.

Everything Costs More

“After 11 years of Liberal taxes and inflationary deficits, everything costs more,” said Poilievre. “Mothers must turn back items at the grocery checkout because their bank accounts are empty. Mark Carney said he would reverse all the Liberal policies that he had supported for the prior decade.

“But nothing has changed. Everything is worse,” Poilievre added. “More costs. More crime. More corruption. More of the same. Mark Carney is just another Liberal.”

Poilievre pointed out that everything else becomes affordable when energy is affordable. “After the Liberals followed our lead by briefly suspending just the Fuel Excise Tax, we are calling on the government to adopt our full plan, permanently end the new carbon tax (renamed the Fuel Standard) and the GST on gas and diesel for the rest of the year.”

The statement said if fully implemented, the Opposition plan could save Canadians up to 15 cents more per litre than the present.

Make Up Loss By Spending Less

Poilievre proposes the government make up the $3 billion lost revenue by cutting government spending on consultants, corporate welfare, foreign aid and benefits for fraudulent refugee claimants. He also proposes to cancel the $90 billion Alto rail proposal.

“We want a country where Canadians don’t have to choose between a full grocery cart and a full tank of gas,” Poilievre concluded.

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