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Canadian Taxpayers Federation slams Trudeau's plan to impose carbon tax on Ontario

Author: 2018/10/23

TORONTO, ON: Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) Ontario Director Christine Van Geyn released the following statement in response to the announcement this morning that Prime Minister Trudeau would be imposing a federal carbon tax on Ontarians:

“In the June 2018 provincial election, Ontario voters made it very clear that they do not want a carbon tax. They elected Premier Ford with a mandate to repeal the cap-and-trade carbon tax, and to challenge the federal carbon tax. Premier Trudeau is now shoving it down the throats of Ontario taxpayers who clearly said ‘no’.

The Prime Minister is promising that he will rebate Ontarians the cost of the carbon tax as part of their income tax, so his carbon tax is ‘revenue neutral.’ But we know that today’s revenue neutral carbon tax is tomorrow’s tax grab. Look at British Columbia where the ruse of revenue neutrality has now been abandoned all together. We simply can’t trust politicians with new taxes and more of our money, because it will never be enough. That’s why we support Premier Ford’s continued effort to challenge the Trudeau carbon tax.”

The CTF has long opposed carbon taxes across Canada and will continue to be an aggressive voice for the growing number of Canadians opposed to carbon tax grabs. We invite them to sign the CTF’s petition opposing the federal government’s carbon tax which can be found here: https://www.taxpayer.com/resource-centre/petitions/petition?tpContentId=154


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