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    2. Shjfty on

      Not gunna blame the feds for high gas prices when it was Donny dumbass down south who caused the problem in the first place

    3. Mcsmith64 on

      Cutting taxes will amount to nothing more than a transfer of wealth to the oil and gas industry. Ontario did just that and a few days latter gas was just as expensive.

    5. FngrBngr-84 on

      Sorry, we re-elected the same Carbon Tax crowd that was in power for a decade, so our „New“ government can’t (won’t) help you.

    6. breadtangle on

      He wants to return to fiscal responsibility by cutting $12B in yearly tax revenue, and he’ll make up for it by cancelling the gun buy-back ($300M/y) and cut government inefficiency in a way that’s somehow different than what Carney is doing. This looks like moon-man talk to me.

    7. Responsible_CDN_Duck on

      Spend more, tax less, and reduce the deficit….

      The downside of crying about everything instead of being strategic.

    9. bkwrm1755 on

      A lot of this money goes to municipalities to pay for things like roads, bridges, water treatment plants, and other forms of critical infrastructure. What are you replacing that with?

    10. Hoser25 on

      As they have every day a non-conservative government has been in power over the past __ years.

    11. CriztianS on

      I know that we’re all just going into get into our little political tribes and not even address the proposal; but I’m inclined to agree with this. Yesterday… „speech“… whatever the hell that was…. gave no one any confidence the the US knows what they are doing; this war could go on for a long time. I saw one prediction saying that Oil could go to $200. Canadians are going to be getting an absolute body blow at the pumps. Some relief is needed; if not a tax cut… it’s gotta be something.

    12. squirrel9000 on

      As far as I can tell* the CPC position supports the war on Iran which is the ultimate cause of this.

      I have not yet met a gas tax that provided perceived „relief“ for more than a week or so. Predictability is a bigger issue than absolute cost, and erratic fuel prices mean the cut disappears into the background of big price swings every few days – Manitoba’s gas tax holiday is barely remembered today. I’m not opposed to the idea in principle but invoking the magical unicorn farts to pay for it means the idea needs to be worked on.

      It would benefit Canadians to be able to travel efficiently via ways that do not consume fossil fuels. He is opposed to that too.

      *It’s hard to figure it out, their offiicial release does indicate support.. Poilievre rarely gets out a sentence or two about non-Carney topics before returning to his usual ranting about Liberals.

    14. ManintheGyre on

      It’s a ramification of partisan rightwingery down South, and too many Canadians and their political representatives are happy to follow that same path. Maybe they should connect those dots when they pay more to fill up their bumper-stickered trucks.

    15. Feynyx-77-CDN on

      Conservatives are a broken record of bad ideas that never have and never will work.

      Step 1: cut taxes to save money on whatever.
      Step 2: prices lower temporarily.
      Step 3: prices return to pre-tax-cut levels.
      Step 4: things are too expensive but we also have government deficits at every level.
      Step 5: gut public services.

      The race to the bottom is real.

    16. squirrely2928 on

      A tax cut would be great. Leave money for other things…you know like food

    17. Harborcoat84 on

      Redirect those taxes to public and active transit investments since people have rejected EVs.

    18. Mefsha5 on

      The tax works as a % so it has gone up significantly. Its understandable that a % works better in the long term to index inflation, but in this kind of situation the delta can certainly be mitigated to ease the crunch on the tax payers.

    19. MixedMediaModok on

      Suncor alone made like 8 billion worth of profits last year. Maybe start there.

    21. Green-Foundation-702 on

      That is the conservative solution to literally every single problem. This entire party is a one trick pony.

    22. kenny-klogg on

      Complains about the deficit, then proposes a way to increase the deficit

    23. tickler08 on

      Anyone who thinks prices will go down on gas if they remove taxes knows nothing about economics and capitalism. This will just be a tax cut for the oil and gas companies. Consumers will see no benefit. Typical conservatism

    24. supermau5 on

      The price of gas has gone up so lowering the tax should still give the same amount of tax revenue. It’s only logical to lower the tax in this uncertain time it’s the poorest of people right now feeling the effects of the price increases

    26. tmhoc on

      Oil companies aren’t leaving any money on the table

      Gas is always going to cost exactly as much as what they believe they can get away with without diminishing returns

    27. Extra-Astronomer4698 on

      We have seen this multiple times. Gas will be some high price. The tax will get reduced, and for a week or two, the price is lower while the gas companies wait to put the price back up, giving them more profit, but with reduced tax revenues.

      Reducing the tax hurts us, while the gas companies continue to reap record profits.

    28. Ancient_Paper6584 on

      We like to compare ourselves to other countries and many have cut their taxes on gas…oh sorry, we only compare ourselves to other countries to suit a particular narrative. My bad.

    30. BuzzMachine_YVR on

      While people can generally control how much they drive, or type of vehicle, they generally can’t control their food requirements. Would prefer that those funds are kept and be more utilized on relief of food and housing prices. The money raised by the taxes go to help fund food programs and transfers to provinces for things like healthcare and schools and investments in jobs and technology.

      If a tax cut is decided on, then it should be targeted and come back to people who need to drive for their jobs through income taxes.

      We SHOULD also be using those funds to encourage EV purchases. As this war is showing us, being held hostage to the whims of global leaders who want to start wars and manipulate markets is not the best way forward.

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