Pierre Poilievre calls for federal gas taxes to be scrapped for the rest of the year and said his plan would eliminate the fuel excise tax, the GST on fuel and the clean fuel charge (the carbon-pricing charge on fuel) to lower prices.→Poilievre calls for suspending and eliminating the federal carbon tax (as part of removing all federal fuel taxes) for the rest of 2026, arguing that removing these taxes will lower pump prices, reduce grocery costs and stop government 'price gouging.'
NewsApr 25, 2026
