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Poilievre Proposes Ending Federal Diesel Sales Taxes Entirely

By Drooid · Sep 28, 2026, 2:07 AM UTC · How we work

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Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre proposes eliminating all federal diesel sales taxes.
He also wants the full fuel excise cut to remain until July 1 2027.
Poilievre says domestic diesel production is sufficient but bottlenecks force reliance on U.S. imports.
He proposes permanently scrapping the federal industrial carbon tax and the Clean Fuel Standard.
Ottawa extended the fuel excise tax suspension through January and set a 50 % rate from Feb 1 to March 31 2027.

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Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre proposes eliminating all federal diesel sales taxes.
He also wants the full fuel excise cut to remain until July 1 2027.
Poilievre says domestic diesel production is sufficient but bottlenecks force reliance on U.S. imports.
He proposes permanently scrapping the federal industrial carbon tax and the Clean Fuel Standard.
Ottawa extended the fuel excise tax suspension through January and set a 50 % rate from Feb 1 to March 31 2027.