{"id":19135,"date":"2026-04-24T19:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanenergycanada.org\/?p=19135"},"modified":"2026-04-27T20:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:05:23","slug":"a-gas-tax-holiday-may-give-drivers-temporary-relief-but-an-ev-eliminates-the-root-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cleanenergycanada.org\/a-gas-tax-holiday-may-give-drivers-temporary-relief-but-an-ev-eliminates-the-root-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"A gas tax holiday may give drivers temporary relief, but an EV eliminates the root problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Most drivers are, by now, all too familiar with the pain at the pump. But lately, as the war in Iran continues to disrupt global fuel supplies, that pain has been hitting harder. Canada\u2019s national average gas price now sits around&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/carney-fuel-excise-tax-affordability-9.7162911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$1.81 per litre<\/a>, having risen 28 per cent since the start of the war, with prices even higher in some cities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, many Canadians will see the recently announced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalobserver.com\/2026\/04\/14\/news\/liberals-suspend-federal-fuel-excise-taxes-until-labour-day\">temporary suspension of the federal fuel tax on gas, diesel, and jet fuel<\/a>\u00a0as welcome relief. But even assuming retailers fully pass the tax savings on to drivers, that relief will be just as described: temporary.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Keep reading this op-ed, co-authored by Sicellia Tsui, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalobserver.com\/2026\/04\/24\/opinion\/federal-gas-tax-holiday-evs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canada&#8217;s National Observer.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-bottom-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cleanenergycanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19135?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print this article<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most drivers are, by now, all too familiar with the pain at the pump. But lately, as the war in Iran continues to disrupt global fuel supplies, that pain has been hitting harder. 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