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PLACENTIA, Newfoundland and Labrador (LifeSiteNews) – Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has refused Newfoundland and Labrador’s request to pause clean fuel regulations as Maritimers are struggling to make ends meet.
On August 28, Freeland denied Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey’s request to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, begging him to pause the recently announced clean fuel regulations and reduce the carbon tax.
Freeland told reporters that while she takes Furey’s appeal “very seriously,” the “climate transition is an opportunity for our country that is something that, if we embrace, and we are, is a tremendous source for jobs for today and for the future.”
On August 15, Furey, a Liberal himself, penned his second letter to Trudeau, voicing his concerns about the “detrimental and disproportionate impact” the regulations are having “and will increasingly have.”
He further argued that the federal government-imposed regulations, along with the carbon tax, have increased the cost of gasoline, diesel, and other everyday goods at a time when Maritimers are already struggling with record high inflation.
Furey explained that the federal government must consider
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