By  Franco Terrazzano 

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation applauds Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre’s promise to end all carbon taxes, including the industrial carbon tax, if he becomes prime minister.

“Poilievre is right to oppose the hidden industrial carbon tax that makes everything more expensive and costs Canada jobs,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director. “Canadian businesses are already struggling to survive massive tariffs and hidden industrial carbon taxes make them even less competitive.

“A carbon tax is a carbon tax is a carbon tax, and Canadians can’t afford to keep paying more to fuel up their cars, heat their homes and buy groceries.”

The federal government imposes an industrial carbon tax on oil and gas, steel and fertilizer businesses, among others.

Today, Poilievre said a Conservative government will “repeal the entire carbon tax law, including the tax on Canadian businesses and industries.”

During the Liberal Party leadership race, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would “improve and tighten” the industrial carbon tax and “extend the [tax’s] framework to 2035.”

“So in changing the carbon tax … we are making the large companies pay for everybody,” Carney said.

However, just 12 per cent of Canadians believe businesses pay most of the cost of the industrial carbon tax, according to a recent Leger poll  commissioned by the CTF. Meanwhile, 70 per cent said businesses would pass most or some carbon tax costs on to consumers.

“Carbon taxes on refineries make gas more expensive, carbon taxes on utilities make home heating more expensive and carbon taxes on fertilizer plants increase costs for farmers and that makes groceries more expensive,” Terrazzano said. “Canadians can’t afford a carbon tax on businesses, which will mean higher prices, fewer jobs and less production in Canada, especially during a trade war.

“Poilievre deserves credit for being the only federal leader committed to ending all carbon taxes.

From LifeSiteNews

By Clare Marie Merkowsky

Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre warned, ‘Carbon Tax Carney is pausing the carbon tax until after the election when he no longer needs your vote but still needs your money.’

Mark Carney, as his first move as Prime Minister of Canada, has dropped the infamous carbon tax.  

Moments after his March 14 swearing in, Prime Minister Carney signed legislation to reduce the consumer carbon tax rate on Canadians to zero, essentially removing it from April 1. 

“This will make a difference to hard-pressed Canadians, but it is part of a much bigger set of measures that this government is taking to ensure that we fight against climate change, that our companies are competitive, and the country moves forward,” Carney told media in the cabinet meeting room. 

“Based on the discussion we’ve had and consistent with a promise that I made, and others supported, during the [Liberal Party] leadership campaign, we will be eliminating the Canada fuel charge, the consumer fuel charge, immediately,” he continued.  

However, it is important to note that Carney did not scrap the carbon tax legislation: he just reduced it to zero. This means it could come back at any time.  

Furthermore, while Carney has dropped the consumer carbon tax, he has previously revealed that he wishes to implement a corporation carbon tax, the effects of which many argued would trickle down to all Canadians.  

First implemented in 2019, the carbon tax was advertised as a way to reduce emissions. However, Liberals have since admitted that the carbon tax has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by only one percent. 

The tax is wildly unpopular and blamed for the rising cost of living throughout Canada. Currently, Canadians living in provinces under the federal carbon pricing scheme pay $80 per tonne.  

Notably, Carney’s decision to drop the unpopular carbon tax comes just weeks before he is expected to call a federal election.  

Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre responded to Carney’s move by saying, “Carbon Tax Carney is pausing the carbon tax until after the election when he no longer needs your vote but still needs your money.”  

“He’s flip-flopping on his beliefs to trick Canadians into a 4th Liberal government,” he stated on an X post. “If Carney wins, Canada loses.”  

Indeed, Carney’s decision also appears to be contrary to his own ideology, as he recently argued that the carbon tax was too low. He also rebuked Trudeau for exempting home heating oil from the carbon tax in 2023.  

Furthermore, although Carney has assured Canadians that while he is no longer on the board of the World Economic Forum, he has been a longtime supporter of the globalist agenda, including  the United Nations’ energy regulations. In January 2023, he attended the World Economic Forum’s meeting in Davos, Switzerland. 

Carney uses his social media to advocate for achieving net-zero energy goals. 

“The net-zero revolution is becoming a driver of country competitiveness, job creation & growth,” he posted on X earlier in November. “In the future, great powers will be green powers — and Canada can be a great power.”