Just The Facts: Zero Tax on Gas and Food to Fight Inflation
Ottawa, ON – After a decade of Liberal credit card budgets, waste and mismanagement, Canadian families are still paying more to live.
The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) shows prices rose 2.8 per cent compared to last year. But for families, the real pain shows up at the grocery store, where food prices rose 3.8 per cent year-over-year, nearly double the inflation target. Canadians shopping for tomatoes, roasted or ground coffee or ground beef have seen the price jump 20.9 per cent, 18.8 per cent and 13.3 per cent, respectively.
Meanwhile, the cost of carrots rose 10.5 percent, fresh or frozen pork increased 9.4 per cent and the price of cookies and crackers was 8.3 per cent higher year-over-year.
Even eating out costs more, with restaurant prices up 3 per cent in April.
Food inflation is rising 25 per cent faster than headline inflation, and has outpaced overall inflation every month since Prime Minister Mark Carney took office. Canadians are paying more for the basic necessities of life while Liberals keep raising the cost of producing, transporting and selling food.
Energy costs are making it worse. They rose 19.2 per cent compared to April of last year, including a 28.6 per cent spike in gas prices. That means it costs more to drive to work, more to run a farm, more to ship groceries and more to heat and power small businesses.
That is why Conservatives are calling on Carney to immediately end all federal taxes on gas and diesel for the rest of the year, including the GST, and permanently scrap the Clean Fuel Standard.
Canadians need relief now. End Liberal taxes on gas. End Liberal taxes on diesel. End Liberal taxes on food.