Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s motion to stop planned increases of the federal carbon tax has been defeated in the House of Commons.
The House voted 209–116 against the motion on Sept. 28, with the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois forming a united voting opposition against the Conservatives, according to the House’s unofficial voting results.
Poilievre presented the motion on Sept. 27, the text of which asked the government to stop its planned increase of the carbon tax in April 2023, saying it “will fuel inflation.”
“Given that the government’s tax increases on gas, home heating and, indirectly, groceries, will fuel inflation, and that the Parliamentary Budget Officer reported the carbon tax costs 60 percent of households more than they get back, the government must eliminate its plan to triple the carbon tax,” read Poilievre’s motion….