Fri Mar 31, 2023 – 4:55 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) –– Despite rising inflation and higher interest rates, Canadians will be hit with a barrage of new federal taxes come April 1, which the Canadian Taxpayer Federation (CTF) has blasted as “undemocratic.”
Starting tomorrow, Canadians will be hit with an increase to the carbon tax, which was first imposed on Canadians by the federal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2019, as well as in increase to alcohol taxes.
The federal carbon tax will go up to 14 cents per liter of gasoline and to 12 cents per cubic meter of natural gas.
As most Canadians heat their homes with natural gas, the hike means half of one’s bill will now be from the carbon tax.
It is estimated that the carbon tax increase will cost the average household between $402 and $847 in 2023, even after government rebates.
Franco Terrazzano, federal director of the CTF, said the rising carbon tax is the “fourth time Trudeau has increased his carbon tax since COVID-19 touched down.”
Terrazzano said Canadians will have a “hangover in the new year” from Trudeau’s new tax hikes.
“Canadians can’t afford gas or groceries and the
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