Tue Oct 25, 2022 – 4:52 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — New Canadian “clean fuel” regulations coming into effect next year have been blasted as a second carbon tax by industry experts who note the rules will cost the average Canadian worker an extra $1,277 annually.
According to research commissioned by the Canadians for Affordable Energy, the coming “clean fuel” standards, which mandate an increased amount of potentially engine-damaging ethanol in gasoline, will “have long lasting negative economic consequences.”
“The direct and indirect economic costs to households add up to $1,277 annually per employed person,” revealed the researchers at LFX Associates of Toronto.
The “clean fuel” regulations – which go into effect on July 1, 2023 – come straight from the federal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as part of his constantly growing “climate change” agenda, which many Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) critics have said is contributing to the cost-of-living crisis in the nation.
In time, Trudeau’s new fuel regulations will increase the cost of a liter of gas by as much as 36 cents (nearly $1.40 per gallon).
The head of Canadians for Affordable Energy is former Liberal MP Dan McTeague, who
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