As the federal carbon tax rises—costing Albertans more than others, according to a recent government report—Alberta’s finance minister says the government should “eliminate the tax all together.”
“We urge the federal government to take the affordability crisis seriously and to immediately cancel the increase to the federal carbon tax, or better yet, eliminate the tax all together,” said Minister of Finance Travis Toews in a statement released April 1, the day the carbon price on fuel rose 30 percent.
With high inflation, the extra cost of fuel will exacerbate affordability problems, Toews said. It will make the cost of electricity, heating, and groceries more expensive, he said. “Elimination of the carbon tax and pausing federal fuel taxes, would help millions of Canadians cope with rising costs.”…