Pierre Poilievre holds rally at Edmonton Expo Centre [Video]

Pierre Poilievre was in Edmonton Wednesday night to criticize the carbon tax.

The leader of the federal conservatives spoke at the Edmonton Expo Centre, calling on Albertans to put pressure on the feds to “axe the tax.”

The current $65-per-tonne carbon price increases to $80 per ton on April 1. The carbon tax rebate for families will also increase at that time.

The carbon tax hike will raise the price of gas by around three cents per litre.

The Alberta government will reinstate the provincial fuel tax the same day, adding another four cents per litre at the pumps.

“The fact that (the UCP are) totally comfortable bringing back a gasoline tax on April 1, the same day that the carbon tax is going to go up, clearly means that they don’t have an objection to a tax on carbon-emitting products,” said economist Moshe Lander.

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