OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said the Conservatives are lying about a secret government plan to add a green tax to pickup trucks.
There have been several tweets from Tory MPs, the Conservative party and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney in recent days insisting the government is about to extend a federal green levy to pickups.
"This so-called fee on trucks doesn't exist," Guilbeault said April 13, in a tweet responding to Conservative MP and leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre.
"It's fear mongering, plain and simple."