Goodridge calls on Carney to extend federal gas tax holiday

Advocacy group calls on Carney government to hold off on reinstating gas tax

The federal fuel excise tax is currently scheduled to come back in effect on Sept. 7.

Goodridge calls on Carney to extend federal gas tax holiday

FORT McMURRAY — Fort McMurray-Cold Lake MP Laila Goodridge is joining Conservative calls for the federal government to extend its fuel tax holiday as Canadians continue to face high prices at the pump. The temporary suspension of the federal excise tax is scheduled to end after Labour Day, restoring 10 cents per litre on gasoline and four cents per litre on diesel. The tax was suspended by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government amid sharply hig…