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Ford urges Carney to extend fuel tax suspension beyond Labour Day

Ontario premier asks for the federal excise tax break to run until at least January 2027 or be made permanent

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Ford urges Carney to extend fuel tax suspension beyond Labour Day

What this story says

  • Ontario Premier Doug Ford asked Prime Minister Mark Carney in writing to extend the federal fuel excise tax suspension beyond its 7 September 2026 expiry date.
  • The suspension saves Canadians 10 cents per litre on gasoline and four cents per litre on diesel.
  • Ford proposed either a January 2027 extension or making the suspension permanent.
  • Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre separately urged the federal government not to reinstate the tax.

Who covered it

Left 62%(16)Centre 34%(9)Right 4%(1)

Percentages are shares of the 26 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .

Trust

68/100

Craft

95/100

Hype

18/100

26 sources · methodology

Thin on the right so far

Only 1 of the 26 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford wrote to Prime Minister Mark Carney on 7 August 2026 asking him to extend the suspension of the federal fuel excise tax on gasoline and diesel. The suspension is scheduled to end after Labour Day, 7 September 2026. Ford proposed either extending it until at least 1 January 2027 or making the suspension permanent.

The federal government suspended the excise tax in April 2026, saving Canadians 10 cents per litre on regular gasoline and four cents per litre on diesel. Ford’s letter said the suspension had provided relief from rising living costs and economic uncertainty caused by U.S. tariffs.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre also called on the federal government not to reinstate the tax. He said Canadians could not afford an additional 10 cents per litre at the pump.

What the coverage left out

None of the 19 digests below mention the cost to federal revenue of extending the suspension. The City News report, the only full article, also did not include that figure.

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Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 9 times, most recently on 7 Aug 2026, 18:30, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

16 rated outlets

  • All 12 left-rated digests led on Ford’s request to Carney. They carried the 10-cent and 4-cent savings figures and the 7 September expiry date. None of the digests mentioned Poilievre’s separate call to cancel the tax hike.

Centre

9 rated outlets

  • All seven centre-rated digests led on Ford’s letter to Carney. Six of the seven included the 10-cent and 4-cent savings figures. The City News report, the only full article in this group, quoted Ford’s letter directly and noted that Poilievre had also urged the government to suspend the tax.

Right

1 rated outlet

  • The single right-rated digest, from The Epoch Times, led on Poilievre’s call for the federal government not to reinstate the tax. It carried the 10-cent figure and the 7 September expiry date. It did not mention Ford’s letter to Carney.

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9
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Right

1

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0

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