The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says 83 per cent of Manitobans surveyed recently by Leger Marketing want Premier Wab Kinew to tell Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to cancel the planned Carbon Tax hike on Monday.
The poll showed 57 per cent of Manitobans strongly support the request, while another 26 per cent somewhat support it.
CTF Prairie Director Gage Haubrich says other premiers are standing up for their constituents by demanding the carbon tax hike be dropped, adding it is time for Kinew to join that fight.
A CTF media release says Kinew is the only provincial premier where the federal carbon tax is directly applied that has not yet called on the federal government to stop its carbon tax hike.
The federal government is set to increase the carbon tax to 17 cents per litre of gasoline, 21 cents per litre of diesel and 15 cents per cubic metre of natural gas on April 1.
The release adds that the carbon tax will cost the average Manitoba family $502 a year more than what they get back in rebates
