POLICY BANDIT: Mark Carney STEALS Another Poilievre Demand For Himself

Tap The Maple | Bakes On Things · Sep 3, 2026 · 22m

Mark Carney's government is extending Canada's federal fuel excise tax holiday into the new year, meaning the 10-cent-per-litre federal excise tax on gasoline won't return after Labour Day as previously planned.

There's just one fascinating problem with the political victory lap:

Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives have been pushing for extended and expanded fuel-tax relief for months.

Poilievre argued the government's original temporary suspension didn't go far enough. Conservatives brought the issue into Parliament. And as the September deadline approached, Poilievre again demanded that…