A gas station north of Newcastle, Ont. display its gasoline per litre prices as a customer finishes pumping gas on Wednesday April 1, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
Ford calls on Carney to extend gas tax cut or make it permanent
Aug 7, 2026 | 8:30 AM
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TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to make a gas tax suspension permanent, or at least extend it beyond its looming expiry.
Carney announced in April that the government would pause collection of the federal fuel excise tax on gasoline and diesel until Labour Day, as a way to counteract rising gas prices.
It saves Canadians 10 cents per litre on regular gasoline and four cents on a litre of diesel.
Ford has written today to Carney asking him to keep the tax break in place until Jan. 1, 2027, or to make the suspension permanent.
