‘Costs Going Through the Roof at Worst Time’: Opponents Speak Out Against Carbon Tax

Clean Fuel Standard will create a ‘second carbon tax,’ say critics

A dump truck works near the Syncrude oilsands extraction facility near Fort McMurray, Alta., in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson

Energy and taxpayer advocacy groups warn that Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) will create a “second carbon tax” that, coupled with the carbon tax, will make life less affordable and kill Canadian jobs.

Franco Terrazzano, Alberta director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, calls the CFS a “second carbon tax” and predicts that “costs are going to go through the roof … at the worst possible time” as Canada emerges from the pandemic.