• Taxes cost 48 cents per litre of gasoline
• CTF releases Gas Tax Honesty report

CALGARY. AB: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling for gas tax cuts in Alberta as the CTF releases its Gas Tax Honesty Report.

“Alberta used to lead the country in low fuel taxes, but that award goes to Manitoba now,” said Kris Sims, CTF Alberta Director during a press conference in Calgary. “The Alberta government needs to cut taxes for all Albertans like it promised to do in the election.”

In it’s 26^th annual Gas Tax Honesty Report, the CTF shows how much tax drivers are paying per litre of gasoline and diesel across Canada.

With federal and provincial fuel taxes combined, Albertans pay 48 cents in taxes per litre of gasoline, while a litre of diesel carries a tax tab of 46 cents.

Drivers in Manitoba pay 34 cents per litre in tax.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal carbon tax costs Albertans more than 17 cents per litre of gasoline and 21 cents per litre of diesel. That cost is set to increase every year until 2030 when the carbon tax will hit 37 cents per litre of gasoline and 45 cents per litre of diesel.

Filling up a minivan with gasoline in Alberta costs $36 in total taxes, while filling up a pickup truck will cost about $55 in total taxes.

Filling up the tanks on a big rig diesel truck costs truckers about $400 extra in taxes.

Drivers in Ontario are getting a 5.5 cent per litre break at the gas pump while Newfoundland and Labrador’s Liberal Premier Andrew Furey recently extended his own eight cents per litre gas tax cut for the entire year.

“Albertans used to have a big advantage because our provincial fuel tax was fully suspended for a year, but those days are gone and now we are paying the full freight,” said Sims. “Albertans need a tax cut at the pumps, and we need the Trudeau carbon tax scrapped.”

To view the CTF’s full Gas Tax Honesty report, click HERE.