Doug Ford slams April carbon tax hike [Video]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford urged the federal government to cancel or put a hold on the carbon tax ahead of a planned increase, warning that if they don’t, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could get annihilated in the next election.

The comments were made at an unrelated news conference in Milton, Ont.

“The carbon tax is the worst tax ever put on a bunch of people,” Ford told reporters Friday.

“I can’t believe the federal government is actually going to hike the gas tax.”

As of April 1, the price on carbon pollution will increase by $15 per tonne.

This is part of the federal government’s plan to increase the cost each year until 2030.

For gasoline, the Ontario government has said the federal carbon tax would increase costs at the pump from about 14.31 cents per litre to about 37.43 cents pre litre in 2030.

As of April, the tax …