A motion to oppose the looming carbon tax hike passed in the Nova Scotia Legislature on Tuesday and received support from all parties unanimously.
“While Liberals & NDP have flip-flopped, PCs have been clear we want the carbon tax scrapped entirely,” posted the Nova Scotia PC Party on X.
The Trudeau government is scheduled to increase the federal carbon tax from $65 to $80 per tonne of carbon dioxide emitted on April 1.
Canadians will also feel the hike at the pump, as they will soon be paying an additional three cents per litre on gas, bringing the total levy to $0.18 per litre as of next month.
The increase will affect home heating as well, raising it from $0.12 per cubic metre to $0.15.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has made scrapping the federal carbon tax central to his campaign.
However, he brought it to the next level during a recent rally in Etobicoke, Ont. where he called upon Canadians to protest outside the offices of Liberal and NDP MPs and to bombard them with phone calls and emails in opposition to the tax.
The recent unanimous decision in Nova Scotia suggests that the call was heard by some.
“Will Nova Scotia’s 8 current Trudeau Liberal MPs listen to the UNANIMOUS call from the NS Legislature to spike the Liberals’ April Fools’ Day 23% carbon take hike? Or will they continue to ignore their constituents?” asked Poilievre in a post to X, following the announcement.
Seven out of 10 premiers are now voicing public opposition to the tax hike.
The ratio of premiers who oppose the hike mirrors the sentiment felt by many Canadians in general, with nearly 70% now in opposition to the coming hike as well.
A poll done by Leger for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation found that the majority of Canadians, 69%, were opposed to the hike, while the remaining 31% supported it.
