Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is reiterating his call for Prime Minister Mark Carney to extend a pause on Canada’s fuel excise tax, which is set to return on Labour Day.

Ottawa temporarily removed the tax from retail gas sales in April, a measure that will expire on Sept. 7. In a letter to Carney on Sunday, Poilievre argued the tax should remain paused until at least Canada Day 2027.

“When Conservatives first called on you to take all federal taxes off gas and diesel until the new year, Canadians were already struggling with the cost of living,” Poilievre wrote. “Since then, things have not gotten better. They have gotten worse.”

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