EDMONTON—Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to cancel the federal carbon tax and pause the federal fuel tax.
She made the comments in a letter addressed to the prime minister on Wednesday, just one day after winning a seat in the Alberta Legislative Assembly.
Smith said Alberta’s United Conservative Party (UCP) government has taken action to address the cost of living crisis while the federal government’s “imprudent policies” are contributing to inflation.
“Canadians need governments to take immediate action to address this affordability crisis,” she wrote.
“An immediate and simple step your government should take is to cancel the planned increases in the federal carbon tax. … In point of fact elimination of the carbon tax entirely, along with temporarily pausing federal fuel taxes, would assist millions of Canadians to better cope with this inflation crisis.”…