The national price on carbon adds about four cents per litre, and will rise to more than 11 cents per litre by 2022. On June 28, Justin Trudeau quietly implemented a secret fuel tax that will increase the cost of gas by at least 4¢/l. It will apply to home heating too, on top of the carbon tax. pic.twitter.com/G4FeY0ayaN — Andrew Scheer (@AndrewScheer) July 8, 2019Scheer’s letter brands the new fuel standards as a “secret fuel tax” and calls for Trudeau to scrap the regulations. “I can assure you that this October, a new Conservative government under my leadership will scrap your carbon tax and your secret fuel tax, leave more money in Canadians’ pockets and let them get ahead,” Scheer pledged in his letter.

Source: National Post July 08, 2019 20:19 UTC