BREAKING: Poilievre demands Freeland give Canadians a 'gas tax break' amid Justinflation

Conservative leadership frontrunner Pierre Poilievre requested on Tuesday that Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland give Canadians a "tax break on gasoline this summer."

In the statement, Poilievre wrote that "the price of gas in Canada is up 55% from last year. It’s so high, people are suffering - and there are no signs of relief."

"Everywhere I go I hear the same thing: Canadians are making really tough choices just to fill up their tanks with gas and get where they need to go," he said in the statement.

Poilievre highlighted several Trudeau Liberal policy choices that he says are to blame for the high cost of gas, pointing to the cost of Trudeau’s inflationary deficits, the gatekeepers standing in the way of oil and gas development, and the carbon tax, which just went up again on April 1.

"Gas prices are up to $2.09/lt in the GTA, $2.15/lt in Montreal and $2.34/lt in Vancouver. Parents are opting not to drive their kids to see their grandparents on the weekend, just so they can afford to drive to work on Monday”, said Poilievre. “The Trudeau government, with the support of Patrick Brown and Jean Charest, designed a carbon tax to drive up the price of gas. Well, it’s out of control, and people are hurting. I’m asking them to give people a break and eliminate the gas tax, carbon tax, and GST on gas this summer. It’s the least they can do," he said.

In the statement, Poilievre vowed to "fight Justinflation" by firing the governor of the Bank of Canada for "failing to do his job and ending the money-printing deficits."

Poilievre says that he would cancel the "Brown/Charest/Trudeau carbon tax and instead of creating cash, create more of what cash buys: produce more Canadian energy and food, and build more houses."