Liberals plan to suspend fuel excise tax

A new poll from Leger has found Liberal voters are more likely to support the use of the notwithstanding clause than Conservatives. This despite the fact that the Carney government submitted a written document to the Supreme Court last fall calling on the court to put limits on the use of the clause, which could be gutted by the court in its eventual ruling. Andrew Enns, executive vice-president of Leger’s Central Canada operations, told National Post he was surprised to find Liberal voters more likely to favour use of the clause. Among this group, 51 per cent supported it strongly or...