Kanada setzt die Bundeskraftstoffsteuer auf Diesel und Benzin vorübergehend aus
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/canada-temporarily-suspend-federal-fuel-tax-diesel-gasoline-2026-04-14/
Kanada setzt die Bundeskraftstoffsteuer auf Diesel und Benzin vorübergehend aus
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/canada-temporarily-suspend-federal-fuel-tax-diesel-gasoline-2026-04-14/
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Now we watch as Liberals who laughed at Poilievre for suggesting this to suddenly think its a brilliant, pragmatic idea, while Conservatives who loved when Poilievre suggested it decry this as not enough and another stolen idea!
Meanwhile Wab Kinew sits back and says, fuck I did this 2 years ago. NDP ahead of the curve again!
I’d like to see them work on the demand side of the equation. Cancel government RTO mandates and increase taxes on businesses who don’t do the same.
Government’s gotta make money somehow. Wish this wasn’t being suspended. Much better to tax diesel and gasoline than other things
Seems like Carney and his team have taken in lessons on the affordability issue from the latter year Trudeau-era’s blasé approach on it, instead of offering a programmatic solution or telling everyone its fine or to cancel Disney+ they are actually tackling a pain point for people right now.
People will surely complain it’s not evidence based, we should actually charge more for fuel to get off fossil fuels. In an ideal world I agree but we’ve seen over the past few years the approach of giving people the stick and lecturing them doesn’t work. Maybe in a few years if inflation really cools, there will be a renewed appetite for action on this stuff. As recently as 7 years ago, a majority of people polled said they were willing to pay more if it helped the environment. The tide will probably turn back again, but right now people are price sensitive and it’s a losing battle and would be a pointless waste of political capital.
I rather our government collect a windfall tax on oil companies, and distribute the revenue to Canadians directly, than lower government revenue.
…just watch, Quebec is going to increase the provincial tax by the same amount, like they do for any and all Federal tax cuts…
Probably the worst way to do this. Now people will just buy more and the price will go up and companies will just make more money. More and more disappointed with Carney by the day.
Carney also talked about other affordability measures like how he’s going to get started on building houses at record speeds, decrease unemployment and tackle the highest food inflation numbers in the G7 right!
Oh… he didn’t? At least now he has his majority so people will actually hold him and the liberals to account (lmfao) on their failure to do what they promised.
What a horrible idea. Does Carney think that gas companies aren’t going to just increase the price to cover the difference and pocket all the gains? Are gas companies suppose to just allow a decent gap that the market has already proved it can bear, for what? For good feelings? For being good? lol. Why on earth would a gas company allow several cents or tens of cents to go in the pocket of their customers? Wouldn’t that be malpractice?
I would be surprised if the gap remains for more than a week. This is such a ridiculous idea I guess Pierre got into his head.
Oh yes. Privatize the 50 cents extra profit and let the government take a 10 cent haircut. Government debt, citizens struggling, and the corporations milk us for everything. The system is fked.
We need cheap EVs and billions of investment in public transit. At least some progress is being made on that.
This will play well politically, at least in the short term. Until the shortages last too long and the slight dip in price from the removal of the gas tax is forgotten.
We should not be juicing demand during a supply crisis. More fuel will be purchased, leading to quicker supply crunches and higher gas prices.
Carney should reverse his ridiculous return to office mandates and instead bring in WFH for positions that can operate without in office collaboration.
What a stupid decision. Yeah let’s reduce government revenue and incentive motorists to keep guzzling. I’m not surprised that floor crossers feel right at home amongst Carney’s Conservatives.
This is responsible. 10 cents a litre is OK. If that was a normal announcement of a 10cent increase coming people line up at gas stations. This actually matters because 5 bucks a tank is still 5 bucks and amounts to around $400.00 over the course of a year for many people with just one car. It is not a game changer but every bit helps.
I would had preferred to see Carney used the GST credit to provide additional relief to citizens vs a blanket excise tax holiday.
If this was paired with a excess profits tax to oil companies in Canada that matches the revenues lost, I’d be fine with this.