Canadians Back Gas Tax Cuts as Top Response to Oil Price Spike, Poll Finds
A motorist refuels at a gas station in Montreal, Canada, in March.
Photographer: Graham Hughes/BloombergCanadians rank cutting fuel taxes as the No. 1 action Prime Minister Mark Carney should take to offset higher gasoline prices.
Nearly 39% of respondents listed a reduction in fuel-related taxes as their preferred course of action from the federal government, according to a Nanos Research Group survey for Bloomberg News. Increasing “investment in long-term energy alternatives” was the second most popular response, favored by 22%.