OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation released a Leger poll showing 60 per cent of Canadians want the federal government to remove the carbon tax from all home heating fuels. 

“The poll results are crystal clear: Canadians don’t think the government should be taxing people for staying warm during the winter,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director. “Canadians who are struggling the most are most likely to want the federal government to remove the carbon tax from everyone’s heating bills.”

The federal government removed the carbon tax from furnace oil for three years. But that carbon tax relief only helps three per cent of Canadian homes.

The Leger poll asked Canadians if they support or oppose the federal government removing the carbon tax from all home heating fuels. The results of the poll show:

• 60 per cent support tax relief for all home heating
• 21 per cent oppose tax relief for all home heating
• 19 per cent don’t know

Among those who are decided on the issue, 74 per cent of Canadians support the federal government removing the carbon tax from everyone’s home heating bills. 

The Leger poll found high support across the country for removing the carbon tax from all home heating fuels:

• Atlantic Canada: 68 per cent support
• Quebec: 49 per cent support
• Ontario: 60 per cent support
• Saskatchewan and Manitoba: 55 per cent support
• Alberta: 70 per cent support
• British Columbia: 66 per cent support

Among income levels, those earning less than $60,000 are most likely to support the federal government removing the carbon tax from all home heating fuels. 

“When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his furnace oil carve-out, he admitted the carbon tax makes life more expensive and he left 97 per cent of Canadian families out in the cold,” Terrazzano said. “All MPs should take this poll as a wake-up call and push Trudeau for relief before their constituents get hammered with carbon tax bills this winter.