Ford Calls on Carney to Extend Gas Tax Cut or Make It Permanent
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to make a gas tax suspension permanent, or at least extend it beyond its looming expiry. Carney announced in April that the government would pause collection of the federal fuel excise tax on gasoline and diesel until Labour Day, as a way to counteract rising gas prices. It saves Canadians 10 cents per litre on regular gasoline and four cents on a litre of diesel. Ford has written today to Carney asking him to keep the tax break in place until Jan. 1, 2027, or to make the suspension permanent. Ontario first temporarily cut its provincial gas tax rate by 5.7 cents in 2022 and repeatedly extended it until eventually making it permanent last year, keeping the provincial rate of tax at nine cents per litre....
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to make the federal gas tax suspension permanent or extend it past its Labour Day expiry. This federal pause saves Canadians 10 cents per litre on gasoline and four cents on diesel. Ford proposes the tax break remain in effect until January 1, 2027, or be made permanent, mirroring Ontario’s move to make its provincial gas tax cut permanent last year.
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to extend or make permanent the federal gas tax suspension.
- The current federal fuel excise tax pause is set to expire on Labour Day.
- Ford has proposed keeping the tax break in place until January 1, 2027, or making it permanent.
- The federal pause offers savings of 10 cents per litre on gasoline and four cents on diesel.
- Ontario previously implemented and eventually made permanent its own provincial gas tax cut.
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