Over 340 economists have penned an open letter in support of Canada’s prevailing carbon tax policy.
Despite the misleading information noted in the letter regarding the carbon tax’s impact on our climate and its effect on our cost of living – specifically referencing the Bank of Canada’s erroneous calculations – the group certainly has the right to express its viewpoint.
Queen’s Park and Ottawa, which have jointly pledged billions in electric vehicle manufacturing subsidies, were jolted by Ford Canada’s move to delay domestic EV production.
Ford Canada announced Thursday it would postpone all electric vehicle production at its Oakville assembly plant by two years until 2027 due to softening demand.
That move came in the wake of the provincial and federal governments ponying up $295 million each in 2020 to boost EV production there. Neither the Prime Minister’s Office nor the federal industry department officials were given any advance warning of the car company’s decision, with officials learning of it in the news.
Two more premiers are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to host a First Ministers’ meeting on the carbon tax.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Ontario Premier Doug Ford both released letters April 5 to request a meeting. The premiers of Alberta, Newfoundland, and New Brunswick have already done so.
Why does Quebec get a special deal on the carbon tax?
Quebec:
⛽️ 13¢ /litre of gasolineRest of Canada:
⛽️ 17¢ /litre of gasolineWhat gives?
Solution isn’t to make Quebec folks pay more, the solution is to SCRAP THE CARBON TAX for everyone!
We put that on a T-shirt!… pic.twitter.com/xZadTarC5Y
— Kris Sims (@kris_sims) April 3, 2024
Canada’s premiers are finally pushing back on the carbon tax as it hits harder and the magic money rebates get less convincing. And you might think it’s weird that the Trudeau administration really believe trace elements of a gas vital to life are the deadliest peril Canadians and humans generally face. But what’s really weird is that the people fighting back all swear they believe these dodgy propositions too. Whatever happened to intelligent thought, or even mindless partisan bickering?
The suggestion that hundreds of economists could put out a letter endorsing the federal government’s signature climate policy, the carbon tax, without it being perceived as political is incredibly precious. Although Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives are not directly named, they are the clear targets of the letter, which was released last week. Hardly apolitical, the stunt, and the 340-plus economists who have so far signed on to it, are deserving of nothing more than a massive eye roll.
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is requesting that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convene an emergency meeting with the country’s premiers to discuss the federal carbon price.
Poilievre circulated the letter today on social media following the $15-per-tonne increase to the consumer carbon price that kicked in on Monday.
He has spent the past month travelling across the country, including in the Greater Toronto Area, Atlantic Canada and British Columbia, hosting “axe the tax” rallies and vowing to scrap the policy.
It’s an undo or die situation.
That’s Premier Doug Ford’s plea to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the federal carbon price that rose Monday from $65 a tonne to $80.
“The federal government raised the carbon tax yet again — this time by a whopping 23 per cent. Today, the carbon tax now cost 17.6 cents per litre of gas,” the Progressive Conservative premier said Tuesday in at an East Gwillimbury farm.
Say goodbye to the trucking industry as we know it, and goodbye to the American economy, too.
You might have missed it on Good Friday — which you can be sure was no accident — when the Biden EPA released its new tailpipe rules for semi-trucks, but the new rules will destroy how we move goods around the country.
You almost have to give Justin Trudeau credit for accomplishing the impossible: That’s now twice in his calamitous and divisive tenure that he’s inspired often servile Canadians to come together, en masse, in protest of far-left policies of self-sabotage that only exist for the benefit of a vanishing few.
Protests erupted across the country against the federal carbon tax on Monday — the same day it rose by 23 per cent — while Canada’s only Liberal provincial leader pressed for an emergency meeting to discuss alternative ways to cut emissions.
In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey called for an emergency meeting of leaders throughout Canada, arguing the program is too costly for his province and doesn’t work as intended.
I could get behind a nation wide general strike.
‘We’ve had enough’: Protests over carbon price hike halt traffic across Canada
’This is just the beginning’: Carbon tax protests block traffic on Trans-Canada Highway
Canada appears to be a “trading-down” market, a trend that may persist for some time.
Recent data from Statistics Canada on the food retail and service industries, as well as fresh GDP figures, paint a concerning picture, especially for those looking to attract more food companies or grocers to our country.
Liberal Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to call an “emergency meeting of leaders from across the country” to talk about potential alternatives to the federal carbon price increasing to $80 per tonne.
The annual increase took effect on Monday, rising from $65 per tonne. At the pumps, this translates to the carbon price on fuel rising from about $0.14 to almost $0.18.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended the rising costs of his climate policies in the face of mounting criticism from around the country by declaring, “My job is not to be popular.” He added, “My job is to do the right things for Canada now and do the right things for Canadians a generation from now and that’s what I’ve been focused on.”
Such comments are suggestive of a martyr complex, sacrificing popularity on the altar of righteousness. In truth, the climate file is Trudeau’s vanity project and the hill on which he is prepared to die.
Recent polls show support slumping for Canada’s prime minister – and fellow Liberals blame a 23pc hike in his flagship Net Zero tax
Justin Trudeau’s political allies have turned on him over his “Net Zero” tax policy, as his Liberal Party slumps in the polls.
The Canadian Prime Minister is facing a rebellion within his own party over the unpopular 23 per cent carbon tax rises, which will see drivers charged more for fuel from Monday.
The federal carbon price is set to bump up from Can $65 (£38) to Can $80 (£47), meaning the extra charge on gasoline will increase from 14.3 cents to 17.6 cents per litre.
