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A2 ● WINNIPEGFREEPRESS.COM NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2024 VOL 153 NO 111 Winnipeg Free Press est 1872 / Winnipeg Tribune est 1890 2024 Winnipeg Free Press, a division of FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership. Published six days a week in print and always online at 1355 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2X 3B6, PH: 204-697-7000 Interim CEO / DARREN MURPHY Editor / PAUL SAMYN Associate Editor Enterprise / SCOTT GIBBONS Associate Editor News / STACEY THIDRICKSON Associate Editor Digital News / WENDY SAWATZKY Director Photo and Multimedia / MIKE APORIUS NEWSMEDIA COUNCIL The Winnipeg Free Press is a member of the National Newsmedia Council, which is an independent organization established to determine acceptable journalistic practices and ethical behaviour. If you have concerns about editorial content, please send them to: editorialconcerns@freepress.mb.ca. 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INSIDE Arts and Life C1 Business B4 Classifieds C11 Comics C8 Diversions C6,7 Horoscope C4 Miss Lonelyhearts C4 Obituaries C10 Opinion A8,9 Sports D1 Television C4 Weather D8 What’s Up C2 COLUMNISTS: Dan Lett A4 Shannon Sampert A9 READER SERVICE ● GENERAL INQUIRIES 204-697-7000 CIRCULATION INQUIRIES MISSING OR INCOMPLETE PAPER? Call or email before 10 a.m. weekdays or 11 a.m. Saturday City: 204-697-7001 Outside Winnipeg: 1-800-542-8900 press 1 6:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday-Friday.; 7 a.m. - noon Saturday; Closed Sunday TO SUBSCRIBE: 204-697-7001 Out of Winnipeg: 1-800-542-8900 The Free Press receives support from the Local Journalism Initiative funded by the Government of Canada “If Trudeau does not declare today an end to his forthcoming tax increas- es on food, gas and heat … we will introduce a motion of non-confidence.” The Liberals made no such move and the confidence vote is scheduled for today. It marks the 10th time in the past 18 months of Poilievre’s leadership that the Tories have moved a motion in the House of Commons calling for carbon pricing to be scrapped or significantly amended. To date, none of them have passed. Government House leader Steven MacKinnon said Wednesday he had no fears of losing Thursday’s vote. Both the NDP and Bloc Québécois support carbon pricing. Poilievre’s speech followed a new ad campaign and another series of “axe the tax” rallies and town halls, where the leader drew crowds of thousands in Toronto and across Atlantic Canada. Following the blitz, Guilbeault accused Poilievre of “lying” about the carbon price. The environment minister said Tues- day that the Tories are falsely linking it to inflation, ignoring the existence of rebates and failing to propose a plan that recognizes the cost of climate change. “Climate change is real, it’s impact- ing Canadians and it’s costing Cana- dians, and you’ll never hear Pierre Poilievre talk about that,” he said. “The more we wait, the more we will suffer the impacts of climate change, the more Canadians will be impacted by heat domes, by forest fires, by flooding, by coastal erosions, by sea level rise.” Guilbeault said that according to Environment Canada analysts, carbon pricing will account for about one- third of emissions reduction in Canada by 2030. That amounts to about 75 million tonnes of greenhouse gases, which is what 17 million passenger vehicles emit in a year. “If there’s someone, somewhere that can show me a measure that comes at no cost to Canadian taxpayers because it’s revenue-neutral, that can give us a third of our emission reduction, I’d like to hear it,” Guilbeault said. “Cause I’ve been working on this for 30 years. That’s all I’ve done as an adult, working on climate change. And there’s no such measures lying around.” The Liberals have been on their heels on carbon pricing almost from the outset. They’ve struggled to explain to Canadians a complicated policy that makes the cost of buying fossil fuels gradually more expensive, even as the government sends rebates to house- holds to offset those costs. Those struggles have intensified over the last few months. Eight environmental organizations released a letter on Thursday decrying politicians who they say are “shame- lessly exploiting Canadians’ very real economic pain for political gain.” “Climate policies have nothing to do with the hardships Canadians are fac- ing, yet these politicians are ignoring the real causes of the cost-of-living cri- sis and scapegoating carbon pricing,” it read. — The Canadian Press Spokesperson Keri Scobie said Wednesday both trucks and trains — on both CN and CP Rail lines — were being used to transport gas to the city. “For proprietary reasons, we don’t share volumes,” Scobie said. Kinew said 50,000 barrels were arriving in the city by train daily “ac- cording to our supplier network.” The provincial government is hold- ing daily meetings to monitor the gas supply and prices and ensure supply can meet the demand of Manitoba drivers and businesses that rely on fuel. “We have been working very closely and leaning on those suppliers in Mani- toba,” said Moses. “They’ve assured us there is ade- quate supply here in the immediate term. We’ve also reached out to some individual retailers and we’re aware that there are some additional ship- ments coming in for some individual retailers tonight.” The minister said the province is working with the industry to identify additional cost or challenges related to shipping the fuel by truck and rail. He wouldn’t say whether the province would cover any additional costs. He said there is no indication the pipeline being out of commission has affected prices. Dan McTeague, a fuel analyst, called the spotty gas shortages the “nature of the beast” in such situations. However, there’s no need to panic — and panicking will make things worse, he cautioned. While some gas stations may run out of fuel, they’ll refill. And while some are out, others will be fully loaded, he explained. Hoarding fuel will exacerbate the problem, he said. Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham assured the public the municipal gov- ernment has enough gasoline on hand. “At this point, I don’t expect an impact on city services,” Gillingham said. “We have our own supply of fuel — that’s important to know. We have fuel for our emergency vehicles and our transit buses. “We can continue to provide ser- vice… we’re pretty confident we are in good shape and our plans are in place. We will not see an impact.” As for the pipeline itself, Scobie said it “has been safely cleared of product and the engineering and geotechnical work is underway. “We will continue to share updates as the maintenance work continues.” The loss of the pipeline has gasoline companies scrambling to ensure they had enough fuel for their service sta- tions and pumps. “We are still relying on remaining inventories in Winnipeg. We are work- ing hard to bring it in by truck and rail,” said Graham Carlyle, vice-presi- dent of corporate services at Domo. Normally, gasoline reaches Winni- peg after flowing through pipes to two terminals, one owned by Imperial Oil the other by Shell Canada, and then is transferred to fuel trucks, which trans- port it to service stations. The shutdown of the pipeline has changed all that. “Instead of sending trucks to either of these terminals, we are sending them to Gretna, Saskatoon and possibly Thunder Bay,” Carlyle said. But he said there is now another shortage to contend with. “There’s a run on trucking (capacity) right now,” Carlyle said. “But everyone is working hard to bring it in. We’re still doing our very best.” Craig Gilpin, CEO of Red River Co-op, which has dozens of service sta- tions across Winnipeg and as far away as Gimli, Kenora and Dryden, said Federated Co-operative Ltd., its fuel supplier, has been actively working out a supply plan to keep their pumps pumping during the next three months. “We are confident the plan will see Red River Co-op remain with fuel supply,” Gilpin said. “That said, this is an evolving situa- tion.” During question period, the Tories put pressure on the government, noting the shutdown will affect more than a million people in Manitoba for at least three months. “Manitobans are worried that a supply shortage caused by this pipeline shut down will lead to further increas- es to the cost of gas and the carbon tax hike will make things even worse April 1.” — with files from Carol Sanders and Joyanne Pursaga kevin.rollason@freepress.mb.ca CARBON ● FROM A1 SHORTAGE ● FROM A1 ‘There’s a run on trucking (capacity) right now. But everyone is working hard to bring it in. We’re still doing our very best’ — Graham Carlyle, vice-president, corporate services, Domo ;