Two thirds of Canadians say now is poor or very poor timing for increasing carbon taxes – Diminishing minority see carbon taxes as effective at curbing fuel consumption (CTV/Nanos)

Across the country, most Canadians say that now is a poor (21%) or very poor (46%) time to increase carbon taxes on things like gas. Residents of the Prairies (79%) and the Atlantic region (73%) were more likely to say that it is a poor or very poor time than residents of Quebec (53%).

Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1081 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, between July 30th to August 2nd, 2023, as part of an omnibus survey.

The margin of error for this survey is ±3.0 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

This study was commissioned by CTV News and the research was conducted by Nanos Research.

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