The latest report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) could fuel support for a local MP's bill in the house of Commons.
Bruce Grey Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff's Bill C-358 aims to eliminate the GST from the carbon tax.
Ruff pointed to the January 23, 2024 Parliamentary Budget Officer Costing Note titled: Eliminating the Goods and Services Tax.
“With the PBO’s recently published costing note, we now have a clearer picture of how much Bill C-358 could save taxpayers. If Bill C-358 was to be passed today, Canadian taxpayers would save $486 million this coming year and $6.23 billion over the next eight years," stressed Ruff. "With the Liberal government failing to meet a single GHG emission target, it’s clear that the carbon tax is not an environmental plan, it’s a tax plan. However, the Liberals taking hundreds of millions of dollars more out of taxpayers’ pockets with this tax on the tax, it is just robbery."
Ruff said constituents are having a difficult time making ends meet.
"After eight years of this Liberal government, Canadians are feeling the financial pinch due to this compounding tax which increases the price of fuel, food, and home heating," he added. "Canadians deserve more common sense, and this Liberal government’s tax on a tax does not fit the bill."
Ruff is calling on Canadians to support his plan to axe the tax.
