Overview

• A new Léger poll shows 56% of Quebecers want to abolish the province's cap-and-trade carbon pricing system.
• Quebec remains the only province maintaining carbon pricing after the federal levy and other provincial programs were repealed in recent weeks.
• The cap-and-trade system adds approximately 10 cents per litre to gasoline prices, contributing to Quebec's position as having the highest fuel costs in Canada.
• Statistics Canada reports that inflation has declined across Canada due to lower gas prices, except in Quebec where carbon pricing persists.
• 55% of Quebecers now support building a pipeline through the province to export oil or gas, with Premier François Legault noting increased openness to pipelines influenced by U.S. tariff tensions.