Axe consumer carbon tax
Petitioners ask the government to repeal consumer carbon pricing, speed homebuilding, require dollar-for-dollar savings for new spending, toughen crime and border enforcement, and call an immediate carbon-tax election. The government responds that it ended the federal fuel charge, tabled Bill C-4 to remove consumer carbon pricing, and added a first-home GST rebate.
Why we would sign this petition
- Reduces household costs: removing consumer carbon pricing would lower fuel and energy bills, helping workers and first‑time buyers keep more of their paycheques.
- Speeds housing supply: cutting permitting red tape, construction taxes and freeing land could accelerate building and help make homes more available and affordable.
- Promotes fiscal restraint: a legal $1‑for‑$1 savings requirement for new spending would constrain deficits and appeal to voters seeking balanced public finances.
Why we wouldn’t sign this petition
- Environmental trade‑offs: abolishing consumer carbon pricing could weaken incentives to cut emissions and hinder Canada’s climate efforts.
- Practicality and fairness: capping population growth is hard to implement and raises economic and equity concerns about immigration and labour needs.
- Budget rigidity: a strict dollar‑for‑dollar rule could force cuts to essential services or require unrealistic immediate offsets.
The summary and both sets of reasons are AI-generated from the petition and given equal weight. Claims are the petitioners’ own; consult the official record for the full text.
Official petition
Petition to the House of Commons We, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada, draw the attention of the House of Commons to the following: Whereas: Canada made us all a promise, that promise was that anyone from anywhere could do anything; Now, after nine years of this Prime Minister, the promise of Canada has been broken. He has broken a lot of promises. He promised to balance the budget, to reduce taxes on the middle class, and to build more affordable housing, but all those promises were broken; So many hardworking young Canadians who are 35 living in their parent's basements. This never happened before this Prime Minister came along with his policies that doubled housing costs. Every month, 2,000 people line up at food banks. There are 1,800 homeless encampments across Ontario. This has never been seen before. This is the type of thing we see in third world countries. People are dying in these encampments. Gun violence is up 120% since this Prime Minister went after hunters while letting criminals and gun smugglers go free; It is time to axe the tax to make work pay off again, so that servers, truck drivers and plumbers who work more earn more and bring home powerful paycheques. For that to happen, though, people need a roof over their heads. Currently, Canada has fewer homes per capita than any other G7 country. There is too much red tape. We must incentivize municipalities to speed up building permits, cut building taxes and free up land for building, while axing the tax that stands in the way of construction, so that young people still have a chance of getting a home. We must cap population growth so that the housing stock grows faster than the population; and We must fix the budget with a law that requires the government to find one dollar of savings for every new dollar of spending. This is how parents, seniors and small businesses balance their budgets, and they expect us to adopt the same common-sense approach. We must cut the use of consultants. We must cut bureaucracy, waste and big handouts to multinational corporations that are offshoring our money. We must cut all that to bring the money home so we can lower deficits, inflation and interest rates and fund our social services. We must stop the crime not by banning hunting rifles but by being tough on criminals and strengthening the border. By doing this, Canada can bring home a country where hard work earns a more powerful paycheque that buys affordable food, gas and homes in safe communities, where anyone from anywhere can do anything through hard work. That is the promise of Canada, and that is what we must bring home. Therefore we, the undersigned citizens and residents, call on the Government of Canada to: Axe the tax. Build Homes. Fix the Budget. Stop the Crime. Call an immediate carbon tax election so that Canadians can judge the government for its many failures and replace the government with a new common sense conservative government that will axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime.
Government response
Response by the Minister of Finance and National Revenue Signed by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, P.C., M.P. The Government of Canada ceased the application of the federal fuel charge, effective April 1, 2025, and removed requirements for provinces and territories to have a consumer-facing carbon price as of that date. On June 5, 2025, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-4, the Making Life More Affordable for Canadians Act, which, among other things, removes the carbon pricing for consumers by repealing Part 1 of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act and the Fuel Charge Regulations. These actions refocus federal carbon pollution pricing standards on ensuring carbon pricing systems are in place across Canada on a broad range of greenhouse gas emissions from industry. A price on pollution for large emitters will continue to be a pillar of Canada’s plan to build a strong economy and greener future. It is a system that is fair and effective. Industrial carbon pricing is one of the most important greenhouse gas emission reduction policies in the government’s comprehensive Emissions Reduction Plan to bend the curve and meet Canada’s 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target. Carbon pricing systems for industry are also designed to keep costs low to protect against competitiveness risks. The government intends to engage with provinces, territories, Indigenous Peoples, and stakeholders on changes to the minimum national stringency standards for carbon pollution pricing, known as the federal ‘benchmark’ criteria. The Government of Canada is also taking action to make life more affordable for Canadians. For example, to lower the upfront cost of buying a new home for young Canadians and spur the construction of new homes across the country, as part of Bill C-4, the Making Life More Affordable for Canadians Act, the government is introducing the First-Time Home Buyers’ GST Rebate. This new rebate would eliminate the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for first-time home buyers on new homes up to $1 million and reduce the GST for first-time home buyers on new homes between $1 million and $1.5 million—saving first-time home buyers up to $50,000 on a new home. This measure is expected to deliver $3.9 billion in tax savings to Canadians over five years, starting in 2025-26.