To Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna:
Your government’s plan to impose a “pan-Canadian carbon framework” – a carbon tax – on any province that refuses to do so itself will be an unfair hit to Canadian families, businesses and rural communities.
The carbon tax will also increase the price of food and clothing, and will mean lost jobs and struggling or bankrupt businesses.
The carbon tax will hit rural Canadians particularly hard, where driving is a necessity.
Our economy is fragile and the last thing it needs is yet another tax.
We the undersigned call on the Government of Canada to scrap the federal carbon tax.
