{"id":109802,"date":"2023-10-31T10:39:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T14:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/?p=109802"},"modified":"2023-10-31T11:43:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T15:43:10","slug":"ontario-extends-5-7-cent-litre-gas-tax-cut-to-june-of-2024-ford-calls-on-feds-to-ditch-carbon-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/local\/gta\/ontario-extends-5-7-cent-litre-gas-tax-cut-to-june-of-2024-ford-calls-on-feds-to-ditch-carbon-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario extends 5.7 cent\/litre gas tax cut to June of 2024, Ford calls on feds to ditch carbon tax"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Ontario government is\u00a0extending a temporary tax cut intended to help drivers save money at gas pumps until next summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The legislation, if passed, would keep the tax break in place which cuts the price of both gas and fuel.<\/p>\n

“The vast majority of people are struggling right now,” Premier Doug Ford said, speaking at a gas station in Etobicoke\u00a0on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“They’re struggling with rising costs of gas and groceries, with high rents and mortgage costs, with just how expensive life is getting.”<\/p>\n

The 5.7-cent\u00a0cut, which first went into effect in July 2022, is being\u00a0extended for a second time. It was initially expected to end in December of this year but\u00a0will now remain in effect until June 30 of 2024. It will also maintain a 5.3-cents-per-litre reduction in the price of diesel fuel.<\/p>\n

Ford first promised to lower gas prices by 10 cents per litre during the 2018 election campaign.<\/p>\n

At the time, Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party said that would be done by scrapping the province’s cap-and-trade system and shrinking the gas tax.<\/p>\n

The government did end cap-and-trade soon after the 2018 election, meant to lower prices by 4.3 cents a litre, but that prompted the federal carbon tax backstop to kick in, negating those savings. Ford’s government tried fighting the levy in court, but lost.<\/p>\n

Ford\u00a0also called on the federal government to scrap its carbon tax Tuesday, saying it’s not fair that Justin Trudeau’s government has\u00a0given a reprieve to some but not others.<\/p>\n

The province estimates the tax breaks would save households an average of $260 over the entire course of the price reduction.<\/p>\n

The news conference comes a day after Ontario’s New Democrats said the province has given out 18 Minister’s Zoning Orders for developer projects to guests who\u00a0attended the wedding\u00a0of the premier’s daughter last summer.<\/p>\n

The land-planning tool can be used to fast-track development in a given area and the Progressive Conservative government has been criticized in the past for how often it uses the mechanism.<\/p>\n

Later Monday, Environmental Defence released thousands of pages of documents pertaining to the government’s decision to expand urban development boundaries\u00a0\u2014 another controversial move Ford’s government has walked back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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