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Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservatives, proposed cutting federal taxes on diesel fuel to make it more affordable. His plan includes eliminating all tax on diesel sales until at least Canada Day by extending a full fuel excise tax cut and removing GST from fuel purchases. Additionally, he aims to remove production taxes permanently by scrapping federal industrial carbon taxes and the Clean Fuel Standard. Poilievre presented this proposal at an Ottawa gas station, asserting that it would boost refining capacity and infrastructure development across Canada.

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Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party, proposed eliminating federal taxes on diesel fuel until at least Canada Day to make it more affordable and ensure stable domestic supply. The plan includes extending the suspension of the excise tax cut and removing the GST from diesel sales. He claims that Canada already produces enough diesel for national demand, but transportation bottlenecks leave some regions reliant on U.S. imports. Poilievre advocates scrapping the federal industrial carbon tax and the Clean Fuel Standard to reduce production costs and encourage new investment in refineries. The proposal was made at a gas station in suburban Ottawa amid rising global fuel prices due to conflicts like those in Ukraine and the Middle East, which have pushed up diesel costs by about 32 cents per litre compared to the U.S.

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Poilievre urges tax cuts to make diesel fuel more affordable Conservatives propose eliminating all tax on diesel sales until at least Canada Day Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pitching a plan to cut federal taxes on diesel fuel and help ensure Canada has affordable supplies of the fuel in the future. Poilievre says Canada already produces enough diesel to meet national demand, but transportation bottlenecks leave some regions dependent on U.S. imports.

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🔮 Federal government will extend gas tax holiday into 2027 Ford writes Carney asking to extend gas and diesel excise tax holiday to Jan. 1 Poilievre outlined the policy proposal on Sunday at a suburban Ottawa gas station. He says the Conservative plan would expand refining capacity, help refineries process more Canadian crude and build the transportation and storage infrastructure needed to supply every region.

2026-09-27 · CBC News

Poilievre urges tax cuts to make diesel fuel more affordable · assertive framing

bottlenecks → urge → imports

He proposes eliminating all tax on diesel sales until at least Canada Day by extending the full fuel excise tax cut until July 1 of next year and removing the GST from the purchase of fuel. asserted

He → propose → fuel

Poilievre also advocates removing all diesel production taxes by permanently scrapping the federal industrial carbon tax and the Clean Fuel Standard, which he says adds costs to the production of diesel and discourages new investment in refineries. asserted

he → advocate → refineries

Federal government will extend gas tax holiday into 2027 Ford writes Carney asking to extend gas and diesel excise tax holiday to Jan. 1 Poilievre outlined the policy proposal on Sunday at a suburban Ottawa gas station. He says the Conservative plan would expand refining capacity, help refineries process more Canadian crude and build the transportation and storage infrastructure needed to supply every region. asserted

refineries → extend → region

Poilievre urges tax cuts to make diesel fuel more affordable

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