ANALYSIS: How the Government’s Carbon Tax Rebranding Effort Is Being Perceived

ANALYSIS: How the Government’s Carbon Tax Rebranding Effort Is Being Perceived
A woman puts fuel in her car at a gas station in Mississauga, Ont., on Feb. 13, 2024. The Canadian Press/Christopher Katsarov
Matthew Horwood
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CALGARY—For those manning the three-month-old protest encampment near a gas station just outside Calgary, the federal carbon tax is a symbol of everything wrong with Canada’s economy.

“With the carbon tax, it’s a cascading effect. Trucks bring in your food, the prices go up, and then there’s of course greed and monopoly at the grocery stores,” Jason Wright, who began protesting against the tax in April, told The Epoch Times in an interview.