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This Changes Nothing – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre
From Conservative Party Communications
The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the Official Opposition, released the following statement on Justin Trudeau resigning as the Liberal Leader:
“Canadians desperate to turn the page on this dark chapter in our history might be relieved today that Justin Trudeau is finally leaving.
“But what has really changed?
“Every Liberal MP in power today and every potential Liberal leadership contender fighting for the top job helped Justin Trudeau break the country over the last 9 years. All Liberal politicians actively worked to pass into law the job-killing, inflationary carbon tax—a tax that Carbon Tax Carney endorsed in his book. All supported a law quadrupling the tax over the next 5 years. All voted for or actively supported Trudeau’s out-of-control spending, debt and immigration. All passed Trudeau’s housing policies that doubled the cost of homes. All Liberal politicians helped pass catch-and-release bail and house arrest for the most rampant reoffenders, policies that increased violent crime 50%, gun crime 116% and hate crime by 250%.
“So, given that Liberal MPs and leadership contenders unanimously supported everything Trudeau has done, why dump him now, right before an election?
“Have they had a change of heart?
“Is it because they feel guilty that they doubled housing costs, hiked taxes, unleashed crime, broke immigration, forced a quarter of the population into poverty? No. They continued supporting Trudeau when he did all those things.
“No. Their only objection is that he is no longer popular enough to win an election and keep them in power. They want to protect their pensions and paycheques by sweeping their hated leader under the rug months before an election to trick you, and then do it all over again.
“Now, while leaderless Liberals focus on saving their jobs and fighting each other for power—the country spirals out of control—an out-of-control housing emergency, an out-of-control migrant crisis, an out-of-control $62 billion deficit, not to mention tariff threats from the United States, oh, and another NDP-Liberal carbon tax hike kicks in this April 1st … everything is out of control… and now, the government is out-of-control.
“The Liberals know how wrong this all is, that’s exactly why they shut down Parliament and paralyze government, all to save their own skins.
“This cannot go on. We need a carbon tax election now, to choose between:
- The NDP-Liberal costly coalition that taxes your food, punishes your work, doubles your housing costs and unleashes crime and drugs in your community.
OR
- Common Sense Conservatives who will axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime.
“Canadians can take back control of their lives and their country. Take back control of our border, take back control of immigration, take back control of spending, deficits and inflation. Take back control of our streets by locking up criminals, banning drugs, treating addiction and stopping gun smugglers. We’ll cap spending, axe taxes, reward work, build homes, uphold family, stop crime, secure borders, rearm our forces, restore our freedom and put Canada First.
“All with one mission: to bring home Canada’s promise that every hardworking Canadian gets a powerful paycheque and pension that buys affordable food and homes on safe streets; where all are united for the country we know and love: Canada first, Canada last, Canada always.
“Let’s bring it home.”
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the federal government to immediately end the carbon tax.
“Newly announced Liberal leader Mark Carney is set to be sworn in as prime minister, and he needs to make good on his pledge and get rid of the carbon tax right now,” said Kris Sims, CTF Alberta Director. “When he was running for Liberal Party leadership, Carney said he would remove the consumer carbon tax and he needs to do that immediately.
“Canadians should not be paying the carbon tax for one minute longer.”
Carney was announced as leader of the Liberal Party on Sunday, March 9, making him set to be the next prime minister. During party the leadership race, Carney promised to “immediately remove the consumer carbon tax.”
The government has the ability under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act to immediately reduce the carbon tax rate to $0 with no legislative change required, even with Parliament prorogued.
That means the federal government can effectively end the carbon tax immediately.
The carbon tax is scheduled to increase to 21 cents per litre of gasoline, 25 cents per litre of diesel and 18 cents per cubic metre of natural gas on April 1.
The carbon tax will cost about $15 extra to fill up a minivan, about $25 extra to fill up a pick-up truck and about $250 extra to fill up a big rig truck with diesel.
The average Canadian family will pay up to $440 extra in carbon tax on their natural gas home heating bills this winter.
“Half of Canadians are broke, and within $200 every month of not being able to make the minimum payments on their bills, they cannot afford to pay this carbon tax for a minute longer,” said Sims. “The carbon tax is an unfair tax on everything because it punishes Canadians for driving to work, heating their homes, delivering goods and growing food – it needs to be scrapped immediately.”
From the Fraser Institute
With a federal election looming, a group of Canadian automobile associations want Ottawa to pull the plug on the Trudeau plan to mandate that all new light-duty vehicles sold in Canada be emission-free by 2035. The Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association, the Global Automakers of Canada and the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association collectively made the request after the government recently ended its incentive program, which included rebates of up to $5,000 for electric vehicle (EV) purchases. Quebec’s EV subsidies are also drying up.
Brian Kingston, head of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturer’s Association, said the government’s mandate is now “increasingly unrealistic.” No doubt because Canadians remain reluctant to embrace EVs. According to recent report, while 48 per cent of Canadians will shop for a car this year (up from 42 per cent last year), only half (50 per cent) will consider EVs, down 2 per cent since last year.
Similarly, an Auto Trader survey finds that while almost half of non-EV owners are open to buying an EV for their next vehicle, interest in EVs declined for the second year in a row, from 68 per cent to 56 per cent. Things are somewhat rosier for plug-in hybrid vehicles, with purchase consideration for traditional gas-electric hybrids (HEVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) increasing.
Another 2024 report from J.D. Power finds that “Just 11% of new-vehicle shoppers in Canada say they are ‘very likely’ to consider an electric vehicle (EV) for their next purchase, down 3 percentage points from 2023.” And a recent report from RBC said a softening economy and inflation helped lead to only 28 per cent of Canadians considering an EV purchase in 2024, down from 47 per cent in 2022.
It’s increasingly clear that the Trudeau government’s vaunted EV revolution, where all new cars sold in 2035 are to be EVs, is unlikely to come to pass—particularly without large subsidies that the Trudeau government ended and that Donald Trump is dismantling in the United States. Neither Canadians nor Americans are particularly interested in buying EVs that come with high price tags and inferior performance compared to traditional internal combustion vehicles.
The next federal government—whoever that may be—should heed the call of Canada’s vehicle trade associations and pull the plug on the EV sales mandates for 2035. And allow automakers to plan for making vehicles consumers want now, and will likely still want in 2035.
Kenneth P. Green
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