Canadian drivers raced to gas stations to fill up their tanks Sunday before the Trudeau administration’s carbon tax went into effect at midnight and raised prices at the pump roughly 12 cents per gallon.
The carbon tax went into effect Monday in four Canadian provinces resisting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s climate change agenda. Canadians in Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick, and Saskatchewan will see fuel prices increase.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who won a landslide election in 2018 opposing a carbon tax, urged residents to head to the pumps before Trudeau’s carbon tax went into effect. Ford joined other conservative premiers in a challenging the carbon tax in court.
“Make no mistake, the carbon tax is the worst tax ever,” Ford said as he filled up his car in a video posted to social media Sunday. “It will make everything more expensive!”
Conservative members of Ontario’s parliament also posted photos and videos of themselves filling up on gas before the federal carbon tax went into effect Monday. Lawmakers also posted photos of Ontario residents filling up on gas late at night, just hours before the carbon tax took effect.
Even at 11pm, many drivers in #MississaugaLakeshore are out filling up their gas tanks. There’s just one more hour until Trudeau’s carbon tax makes gas (and everything else) more expensive. Premier @fordnation is fighting this tax in every way we can, #ForThePeople. #onpoli pic.twitter.com/lj3QwRUQ0u
— Rudy Cuzzetto, MPP (@RudyCuzzetto) April 1, 2019
Many people are FILLING UP even late tonight! It’s the last day to fill up your gas tank before the federal carbon tax makes life more expensive for all of us.
Starting April 1st, gas will go up almost 4.5¢ /L, which will grow to 11¢ /L by 2022. pic.twitter.com/HSUt9h5eZR
— Andrea Khanjin (@Andrea_Khanjin) April 1, 2019
The carbon tax is part of Trudeau’s plan to cut Canada’s carbon footprint in line with the Paris climate accord. Trudeau’s plan calls for levying a federal carbon tax on Canadian provinces that don’t already price emissions.
Ontario previously had a cap-and-trade program, but it was scrapped by Ford’s conservative coalition last year. With his 2018 election victory, Ford joined the growing ranks of premiers opposed to the federal carbon tax.
Trudeau’s carbon tax starts at $15 per metric ton of carbon dioxide, which is equivalent to a 12 cents per gallon gasoline tax. The carbon tax will rise every year, hitting $37 per ton of emissions by 2022.
Most of the $1.7 billion in revenue the carbon tax is expected to generate this year will be sent back to households as a rebate for higher energy prices. Proponents say carbon tax payments for many families will actually outweigh energy price increases.
Despite the rebates, drivers sat in lines Sunday waiting to fill up before the carbon tax hit. Heating bills and airline ticket prices will also rise due to the carbon tax.
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“Most of the $1.7 billion in revenue the carbon tax is expected to generate this year will be sent back to households as a rebate for higher energy prices. Proponents say carbon tax payments for many families will actually outweigh energy price increases.”
Tax cuts put money in your pocket. Additional taxes empower government. Only and idiot would accept “Proponents” statement at face value. The money will find it’s way in to more funding to further subsidise government’s ability to limit individual freedom.
USA gas retailers are happy that Prime Minister photo op has directed all those near border Canadians to cross the border .
The November election will see Trudeau taking a big walk in the snow .
The bullying two face , and carbon tax crusader will be history .
People are sick of this PC pretender who claims budgets balance themselves and who has created mass immigration from his favorite country …China . So much for diversity .
The Liberals enabled the biggest money laundering scheme in Canada’s history through casino’s and real estate while opening the greatest number of immigration offices in one country … China .
Could they make the carbon (dioxide) tax any more complicated, convoluted and confusing? It’s definitely ineffective. Why doesn’t the Canadian Media emphasize that the tax is scheduled to escalate, while remaining ineffective? There is serious wealth redistribution built into this, because people who use very little fuel will receive a refund, paid by industry, truckers and commuters.
If you drive an electric car, you win twice. Your energy supply is subsidized by Ontario taxpayers, and you drive right past the tax collecting gas station. I expect that the Tesla owners consider these to be the rewards for paying lip service to the environment. Yup. Drive on, smirk and wave.