‘Hidden Carbon Tax’ to Push up Gas Prices This Year, Taxpayers Group Says

‘Hidden Carbon Tax’ to Push up Gas Prices This Year, Taxpayers Group Says
A gas pump is shown at a filling station in Montreal in this file photo. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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A consumer carbon tax may no longer be elevating prices at the gas pump, but there is another federal tax that has the same effect, a fiscal advocacy group says.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) notes motorists continue to face elevated prices when filling up their vehicles due to Ottawa’s Clean Fuel Regulations, a federal climate initiative launched in 2023 that is separate from the carbon tax.