Poilievre wants to topple the Liberal government with a non-confidence motion on the carbon tax

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will introduce a non-confidence motion Wednesday designed to topple the government and trigger a federal election — a parliamentary manoeuvre that’s likely to fail.

Poilievre and his party are ramping up the pressure on the Liberal government to drop a plan to increase the federal carbon tax.

The levy is set to rise by about 23 per cent on April 1, which means consumers can expect to pay about three cents more for a litre of gas than they do now.

“If Trudeau does not declare today an end to his forthcoming tax increases on food, gas and heat, we’ll introduce