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Small Businesses Say They’re ‘Crushed’ by Rising Costs, Call for Halt to Carbon Tax Increase

Canadian small businesses say they are suffering under the federal carbon tax program and are calling on the government to stop the tax hike planned for April 1. “Small businesses ...

March 28, 2024BY Chandra Philip
Poilievre, BC Premier Trade Barbs Over Carbon Tax Hike

A war of words has ensued between Pierre Poilievre and David Eby after the B.C. premier scoffed at ...

March 18, 2024BY Jennifer Cowan
Trudeau Criticizes ‘Short-Term Thinker’ Politicians Amid Provincial Requests to Pause Carbon Tax Hike

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending his government’s upcoming carbon tax hike amid provincial pushback, saying the policy ...

March 13, 2024BY Jennifer Cowan
Alberta Premier Tells Trudeau Pausing Carbon Tax Hike Would Be ‘Political Win’

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has advised the prime minister that a pause on the carbon tax hike, planned ...

March 13, 2024BY Chandra Philip
69 Percent of Canadians Oppose April 1 Carbon Tax Increase, Poll Finds

Ottawa’s planned increase of the federal carbon tax on April Fool’s Day is no laughing matter for more ...

March 4, 2024BY Jennifer Cowan
Taxpayers Federation Calls for Tax Relief for Canadians as Annual Inflation Grows by Nearly 7%

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says the federal government must provide immediate tax relief following a Statistics Canada report ...

October 19, 2022BY Rachel Emmanuel