House to Vote on Poilievre’s Home-Heating Fuel Tax Exemption Motion
The House of Commons will vote today on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s motion to exempt home-heating fuel from the Liberal government’s carbon tax.
Poilievre introduced the motion in the House on Oct. 20, saying that Canada “is the only G7 country to have raised fuel taxes during this period of record high global fuel prices.”
“Energy analysts have predicted that Canadians could see their home heating bills rise by 50 to 100 percent on average this winter,” the motion’s text reads.
The motion notes that one-tenth of Canadians heat their homes in the winter with heating oil or propane since there is “no alternative” available to them and that the federal government’s plan to increase the carbon tax in April 2023 will make heating homes with oil or gas unaffordable for many….