Carney Promised to Bring Down the Cost of Living. Can He Really Do It?

Carney promised to bring down the cost of living. Can he really do it?

Improving productivity or raising workers’ bargaining power, not lowering prices, will make things more affordable

Poilievre revives 'carbon tax' refrain to bring cost-of-living fight to Carney

OTTAWA — Although Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre never got the “carbon tax election” he wanted, he is nevertheless sticking to that well-trodden ground by branding another Liberal environmental policy with the same label.  His announcement in Charlottetown on Wednesday, that Canadians should view a set of regulations applied to fossil-fuel suppliers as “the carbon tax 2.0,” illustrate two central questions the Conservative leader faces. H…

‘Carbon Tax 2.0’: Poilievre to Target Clean Fuel Regulations When Parliament Returns

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will press for the removal of the Clean Fuel Regulations, which he referred to as the “carbon tax 2.0,” when Parliament returns this fall. “What did the last carbon tax add to your gas? Seventeen cents a litre,” Poilievre said during a media event in Prince Edward Island on Aug. 27. “The new tax is starting to look a lot like the old tax.” The Clean Fuel Regulations, in place since 2023, are ex…

Poilievre pledges fight of ‘carbon tax 2.0’ adding 8 cents to N.B. gas

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he will use the looming return of Parliament to push the Carney government into getting rid of what he’s calling the “carbon tax 2.0,” the clean fuel regulations that currently adds 8.77 cents per litre to the price of gas in New Brunswick.