Juno News - April 13, 2026


In an exclusive interview, Kris Sims and Pierre Poilievre discuss affordability


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2 minutes

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172.60657

Word count

494

Sentence count

34


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The Taxpayers Federation is pushing hard to get rid of the 25 cent federal tax that we pay at the pump on fuel. It would save the average family of four about $1,200 a year in fuel costs.

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00:00:00.000 Right. I wanted to get on to meat and potatoes here because there's the circus that happens in
00:00:03.820 Ottawa. And yes, it upsets people. And that's why we're talking to you because it upsets people
00:00:08.260 because they feel like their vote doesn't count. And that's awful. We want people to make sure
00:00:12.500 their vote counts and they want them to have confidence in our system. But I wanted to get
00:00:16.760 into why people are so upset. And that's frankly, because they can't afford stuff. Like at the
00:00:23.440 Taxpayers Federation, we've been pushing hard to get rid of fuel taxes and all forms of carbon
00:00:28.080 taxes. Thank you for staying with this issue through all the noise. And I just saw you at
00:00:34.780 a press conference in Ottawa. I think you were at a gas station near Gladstone and you were pushing
00:00:40.140 for a cancellation, if I'm not wrong, of federal fuel taxes until the end of the calendar year.
00:00:46.020 How much would the save and why? 25 cents a liter, 20 bucks a fill up and about $1,200 for the average
00:00:54.080 family of four by Christmas time. And it's very simple. Right now, the federal government is
00:00:59.760 collecting billions of dollars of extra revenue as a result of the higher oil prices driving up
00:01:07.560 profits for oil companies. And when they get more profit, they pay more tax. So I'm saying,
00:01:13.280 why don't you give that money back to the people who are paying at the pumps by eliminating the
00:01:17.420 25 cents of federal tax that we pay. The gap between gas prices in the United States
00:01:25.140 and Canada is roughly 20%. So, you know, people will rightly point out that the immediate cause
00:01:32.440 of the higher gas price is the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. And in fairness, our government
00:01:37.960 didn't cause that. The tyrannical regime in Iran is causing that. However, that doesn't explain
00:01:45.440 why we're paying 20% more in Canada than in the US. They're affected by global oil prices as well.
00:01:51.840 The difference is the tax gap, liberal taxes on fuel make Canadians pay far more at the pumps.
00:01:59.000 So eliminating that tax would save you a lot of money. And by the way, it's not just at the pumps,
00:02:03.560 it will also save you in groceries and deliveries. You've got surcharges now on
00:02:07.720 food and on Amazon deliveries that are the direct result of fuel prices. You've got
00:02:14.940 surcharges added up on airlines. So by getting rid of the tax on fuel, you bring down flights
00:02:22.280 and groceries and Amazon deliveries and everything else. It's also, I would always say this, people
00:02:29.060 think that this is just like a bumper sticker policy that's popular with consumers. The bottom
00:02:34.700 line is that the lifeblood of a strong, sovereign economy is affordable, abundant energy. When you
00:02:41.160 bring energy prices down, you bring economic activity up. It is the lifeblood of our economy.
00:02:47.260 Cheap, reliable energy powers a strong economy.