The Ontario NDP wants Canada's federal elections watchdog to look into whether Ontario Premier Doug Ford is violating federal election advertising rules with his anti-carbon tax sticker campaign. The Ontario budget included something called the Federal Carbon Tax Transparency Act, which requires all gas stations in the province to display a sticker on their pumps saying the federal carbon tax will cost Ontarians 4.4. cents more per litre, rising to 11 cents in 2022. Taras Natyshak, the NDP MPP for Essex, wrote Yves Cote, commissioner of Canada Elections, asking him to look into the matter. Taras Natyshak, the NDP MPP for Essex, says the gas tax sticker campaign violates federal election rules. Those costs are expected to rise each year as the carbon tax increases by $10 per tonne until it hits $50 in 2022 — meaning those costs will more than double in less than three years' time.

Source: CBC News April 18, 2019 23:08 UTC