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RSS FeedsOntario´s gas-pump stickers attacking Ottawa´s carbon pricing are on the way
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14 august 2019 07:06:39

 
Ontario´s gas-pump stickers attacking Ottawa´s carbon pricing are on the way
(The Star Movies)
 


The stickers are in the mail.Ontario’s controversial new gas-pump decals that warn against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon-pricing measures will be in place well before the official launch of the Oct. 21 federal election campaign.They are being sent to thousands of gas stations in time for the Progressive Conservative government’s self-imposed Aug. 30 deadline.“The implementation plan is well underway,” Energy Minister Greg Rickford’s office said Tuesday.“(We) have already begun mailing out packages of stickers to gasoline retailers across the province to be posted on pumps by the end of the month,” an aide to the minister said.Gas station operators face fines of up to $10,000 a day for not abiding by the provincial law and posting the 15 cm by 20 cm decals that read: “The federal carbon tax will cost you.”Earlier this year, Rickford indicated there were partisan political concerns behind the provincial Tories’ move.“We’re going to stick it to the Liberals and remind the people of Ontario how much this job-killing regressive carbon tax costs,” the minister said in April.Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is already campaigning against Trudeau’s move.The provincial Tories are spending $30 million on an anti-carbon-pricing advertising blitz and legal challenge despite setbacks with court rulings that the federal measures are not unconstitutional.Statistics Canada figures show tens of thousands of new jobs have been created in Ontario since the levies took effect April 1.It has cost taxpayers $4,954 to print the 25,000 decals, which must be prominently displayed on every pump in Ontario. The decals are being manufactured by Astley Gilbert.“The proposed regulation would require the stickers to be displayed upright in a prominent location within the top two-thirds of the side of the pump that faces motor vehicles when the pump is used to put gasoline in their ...


 
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