Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation – “Governments from around the world are in Egypt at COP27 to work out climate solutions, while the Ontario Government is busy chipping away at one. The extension of this tax cut after gasoline prices have fallen significantly from summer highs shows that this was never about affordability but actually about undermining the effectiveness of the federal price on carbon. The more you burn, the more you benefit from Ontario’s decision to extend the gasoline tax cut by another year. Instead, Ontario should be helping people struggling with the rising cost of living with assistance tied to income, not car ownership.”

For more information about why gas tax cuts don’t work read here.

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Alex Ross, Environmental Defence, aross@environmentaldefence.ca