During the election campaign, the Progressive Conservatives promised to make the gas tax discount permanent — a policy the party says it will follow through on.
A person gasses up at a gas station in Mississauga, Ont., in February 2024. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will introduce legislation that would put any future provincial carbon pricing program to a referendum.Ontario Premier Doug Ford will push ahead with an election promise to permanently cut the provincial gas tax by 5.7 cents per litre, despite the federal government’s reversal on the controversial carbon tax.
“Good riddance to the worst tax ever,” Ford said on social media immediately after the Liberal government announced the change. “Yes,” a spokesperson for Ford said when asked by Global News whether it would keep the gas tax cut in place in spite of the changes in Ottawa. “In light of President Trump’s tariffs, all levels of government need to look for ways to lower costs, support people and businesses, and make us more economically competitive,” Grace Lee said in a statement.Green Party MPP Aislinn Clancy questioned the government’s evasiveness.
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