New provincial poll shows strong support for removing carbon tax

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — A new provincial poll shows that most British Columbians want the provincial carbon tax removed immediately. 

“This new poll shows that Premier David Eby should scrap the carbon tax immediately,” says B.C. Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) Carson Binda.

Leger conducted the poll, which asked residents whether the provincial government should immediately remove the tax on gasoline and other fuels.

A total of 58 per cent of respondents said they want the tax scrapped immediately, while 25 per cent said they don’t want it immediately removed. The remaining respondents said they were undecided on the issue.

When undecided responses are removed, 70 per cent said the province should immediately scrap the tax.

“Now is the perfect time for the premier to show British Columbians that the new government will take affordability seriously by scraping the B.C. carbon tax,” Binda said. 

According to Binda, the province’s residents pay the highest taxes in the country on a litre of gasoline, and it is time for a change.

“Alberta’s government is challenging the carbon tax in federal courts and Eby should fight the feds in the courts too, if it tries to force British Columbians to pay a federal carbon tax.”