Tag: fuel tax

Alberta Premier Unveils Inflation Relief Plan: Freeze on Fuel Tax, Money for Families With Children, Seniors

EDMONTON—Alberta Premier Danielle Smith gave her first televised address to the province Tuesday night and announced a long list of measures intended to address high inflation, rising food costs, expensive fuel at the pumps, and skyrocketing energy expenses. Smith said on Nov. 22 that details of the new Inflation Relief Act are still being finalized, but…


Ontario Premier Doug Ford Announces Another Year of Gas Tax Cut

At a Nov. 13 news conference in Etobicoke outside a Circle K gas station, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that the fall economic statement to be delivered tomorrow will propose legislation to extend the province’s tax cut on gas for another year, until Dec. 31, 2023. Legislation passed in April had dropped the gas tax rate by 5.7…