Close to three-quarters of Canadians say that they believe businesses pass on some or a majority of the cost of the industrial carbon tax to consumers, according to a recent Leger survey.
The survey, commissioned by the Taxpayers Federation, asked Canadians how much of the industrial carbon tax businesses pass on to consumers.
Of those surveyed, 9 percent said they believed businesses paid the brunt of the cost of the carbon tax. Another 21 percent said they were unsure.
Shortly after being sworn in as prime minister on March 14, Mark Carney dropped the consumer carbon tax to zero. He is not removing the cost for emissions from the industry sector, saying he will make “big polluters” pay.
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre has said he will remove the carbon tax from the industry sector as well.
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