Avi Lewis1d ago

Striking that the Liberals and Conservatives offer the same response to pain at the pump: siphon money out of the public purse instead of Big Oil’s profits.

Oil companies are on track to make tens of billions in windfall profits from Trump’s illegal war in Iran.

It’s their profiteering that’s driving up prices. It’s them who should pay.

It’s time for price caps on gas to stop oil companies from price-gouging Canadians — and a windfall profits tax on war-time oil revenues, so the government can invest that money in the public interest.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-fuel-excise-tax-affordability-9.7162911

#cdnpoli #gas

Carney temporarily suspending federal fuel excise tax on gas, diesel and aviation fuel | CBC News

A day after sweeping three byelections in Ontario and Quebec that gave him a majority in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is temporarily removing the federal excise tax on gas and diesel.

CBC
Show threadAnnieBuddy1d ago

@avilewis

It's almost as though the Progressive Conservatives couldn't win back their own party, so they took over the Liberals.

Show threadRon Dyck
@AnnieBuddy @avilewis I would agree, but I think perhaps the Liberals decided to pre-empt that by defecting into neoliberal-mode worse collective outcomes. Like the post going around, "by being the same as Republicans, we can defeat the Republicans."
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