Steven Guilbeault, Environment Minister, says Conservative MPs are spreading lies about a government plan to tax pickup trucks for their greenhouse gas emissions.
The federal Conservatives and AlbertaPremier Jason Kenney say that the government is planning a “tax on trucks” by extending a green levy on the purchase of higher-emitting cars and SUVs to also include pickups.
It is one of more than three dozen recommendations made by the government’s net zero advisory body last month in its submission ahead of the Liberals’ new emissions reduction plan.
Guilbeault states that the government isn’t considering extending the levy.
He says the Conservatives are spreading disinformation and “fear mongering” about it to score political points.
The former Conservative government introduced the green levy on cars and SUVS in their 2007 budget calling it a “green levy on gas guzzlers” to add $1,000 to $4,000 vehicles with the worst mileage numbers.
This report was first published by The Canadian Press April 15, 2022.
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