Poilievre demands diesel tax holiday as prices soar

Diesel prices are squeezing farmers at the pump and threatening to push household costs even higher, and Poilievre says Ottawa’s taxes are making the pain worse.

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is demanding Ottawa scrap all taxes on diesel through at least Canada Day as fuel prices soar and U.S. President Donald Trump backs restricting diesel exports.

Poilievre unveiled what the Conservatives call an emergency “Diesel Price Relief Action Plan,” warning higher fuel costs are hammering…