Taxpayers: Governments should scrap carbon taxes and red tape instead of borrowing billions for pipelines

OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to scrap carbon taxes and repeal anti-pipeline laws instead of borrowing billions of dollars for a proposed pipeline.

“Governments are blocking pipelines with carbon taxes and red tape and then wasting taxpayers’ money trying to get projects built,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director. “It’s unsustainable for taxpayers to keep subsidizing projects because governments are in the way.