Ontario Premier-elect Doug Ford pulls province out of cap & trade deal & to lower gasoline tax
The Roy Green Show · Global News / Curiouscast
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Show Notes
The federal government has threatened to impose a federal carbon tax on any province that does not have their own cap-and-trade scheme by September. Meanwhile Doug Ford is move to drop gas prices by 10 cents a litre in Ontario, do away with Ontario’s current cap-and-trade deal and challenge the federal carbon tax. But how might tax-based increases in the cost of gasoline hurt Canadians on the individual and family levels?
Guest: Dan McTeague, Long term Liberal Member of Parliament, now senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com
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Ontario is ready to challenge the national federal carbon tax, along with Saskatchewan. Roy takes calls to find out what Canadians think of this move, and what they what would they prefer.
(Photo: Patrick Dell - The Canadian Press, File)
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