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Carbon Tax

Kenney says carbon tax no April Fool’s joke

Apr 1, 2019 | 12:53 PM

On the campaign trail Monday, Jason Kenney told an Edmonton audience a United Conservative Government would save Albertans from the Notley/Trudeau Alliance’s planned 11.2 cents per litre carbon tax on gas.

Party officials say NDP Leader Rachel Notley unveiled her party’s platform on Sunday but conveniently left out the fact that an NDP government would increase the carbon tax by at least 67 per cent to $50 per tonne, resulting in another 5 cents per litre every time Albertans hit the pumps.

Party officials note the United Conservatives however joined a Premiers Scott Moe and Doug Ford led effort to fight the federal government’s Carbon Tax in court as an intervenor.

“Albertans deserve a break from the wallet-busting policies imposed on them by the Trudeau-Notley alliance,” says Kenney in a press release. “They deserve leadership that will put an end to the carbon tax cash grab that is all economic pain and no environmental gain.”

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“When you add it up,” continues Kenny. “A mom and dad with a minivan and a pickup truck will end up paying in excess of $1,800 less in carbon taxes over the next four years. And that’s just the gas alone.”

Kenny suggests most Albertans see the carbon tax as a government cash grab.

“The Premier thinks she fooled Albertans by hiding her carbon tax plans from us in the last election, but Albertans aren’t about to let her get away with that again,” adds Kenney. “Yesterday’s NDP platform hid the fact that she plans to hike the carbon tax cost on everything at Trudeau’s request, but a United Conservative government will make things right and scrap this ridiculous, job killing carbon tax.”