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Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to look at this poll and understand one simple thing: People will not accept a gas tax hike in September.

TERRAZZANO: Canadians won’t tolerate Carney hiking gas taxes Back to video

New polling shows 63% of Canadians oppose the federal government’s plan to hike fuel taxes next month.

Carney suspended the federal fuel tax in April to give Canadians a break at the pumps, saving 10 cents per litre of gas and 4 cents per litre of diesel.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation pushed for gas tax cuts for decades because cutting taxes is the simplest, fastest and easiest way for governments to make life more affordable for everyday working people.

Federal fuel tax relief also makes life more affordable for all Canadians every time they buy anything trucked to store shelves, a point even the federal government acknowledges.

“Cutting the tax on gasoline and diesel,” according to the prime minister’s office, “will reduce operating costs for truckers and businesses........

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