Canadians protest carbon tax, MP raises; new convoys include Farmers and Truckers
Yesterday, citizens across Canada again took to bridges and highways in protests reminiscent of the 2022 “Freedom Convoy.” In many areas, Farmers joined Truckers with their agricultural vehicles.
April 1st 2024 marked not only a 23 per cent increase to the carbon tax rate but also the day federal Members of Parliament received a 4.2 per cent pay raise.
All members of Parliament received a raise Monday, ranging between $8,500 and $17,000, depending on their role. A backbench MP’s salary is now $203,100. A minister’s salary is $299,900, and the prime minister’s salary is $406,200.
“MPs are taking more money out of Canadians’ pockets and stuffing more money into their own and that’s wrong,” said the taxpayer advocacy group’s federal director, Franco Terrazzano. “MPs should be providing tax relief, not hiking taxes and their own pay.”
Thousands of Canadians from across the country are gathering along highways, provincial borders, and Liberals MPs’ offices in a Freedom Convoy-styled protest against the federal carbon tax.
— Rachel Emmanuel (@Emmanuel_Rach) April 1, 2024
“There’s no departure date, let’s put it that way.”https://t.co/YhnRJyRDY9
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— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) April 1, 2024
Canadians join together in AXE THE TAX protest at the New Brunswick-Nova Scotia border.
Justin Trudeau is increasing the carbon tax by 23% today and Canadians are not having it.
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