Western Standard - April 28, 2026


Poilievre fires back on cutting gas tax inflation claim： ‘I’ve never heard that one’

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1 minute

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150.54

Word count

222

Sentence count

16


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In this episode, we discuss the Liberal's new plan to reduce taxes on gas and increase demand, which will increase inflation and therefore lead to higher gas prices. Why should Canadians trust Justin Trudeau's economic credentials?

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Now, what you've proposed to address inflation is less government spending over the past few years.
00:00:07.480 But at the same time, you are proposing cutting these gas taxes, which will increase demand and therefore inflation.
00:00:14.460 Why should Canadians trust your economic credentials?
00:00:18.680 Sorry, I don't understand that you're framing there.
00:00:21.800 You say that lowering a tax on gas will increase inflation?
00:00:26.780 Increased demand for the gas, which, again, could increase inflation.
00:00:32.160 OK, that's an interesting one.
00:00:34.140 I've never heard anyone saying lowering taxes on gas could possibly increase inflation.
00:00:39.860 Exactly the opposite has happened.
00:00:41.560 Every time you reduce gas taxes, go across the provinces that have done this,
00:00:46.380 in Alberta, in Manitoba, and in Ontario, when they reduced gas taxes,
00:00:51.560 inflation in those provinces went down next compared to their neighbouring provinces.
00:00:56.400 But, you know, I guess, you know, the liberal mindset is that the way that you address inflation is through higher taxes.
00:01:03.300 We've seen how that's worked.
00:01:04.920 Canadians can't afford to eat after a year of the carny liberals and after a decade of this liberal government.
00:01:11.160 They can't afford homes after a decade of this liberal government.
00:01:15.240 So we see that more spending and more taxing by the liberals makes life impossible for hardworking Canadians.
00:01:22.500 They deserve an affordable and prosperous country, and that's what conservatives would deliver.