-- 据加拿大电视台（CTV）周三报道，加拿大总理马克·卡尼表示，联邦政府已经意识到加拿大人面临的高油价问题，并且鉴于伊朗战争持续时间的不确定性，他正在“寻找”帮助民众的途径。 “我们能做些什么来帮助加拿大人减轻负担？”卡尼在安大略省布兰普顿市的一次活动上问道，“这是我们正在考虑的问题。” 卡尼是在回答一位记者关于他对每升汽油价格高达约2加元的加拿大人有何建议的问题时做出上述表态的。 总理表示，他知道加拿大人每天加油或取暖时都会问自己，为什么他们感觉自己在承担伊朗-美国战争的成本。卡尼说，“简而言之，因为这是一个全球市场。” 卡尼继续说道：“那些石油和天然气资源丰富的国家，其油价也会随着那些缺乏石油和天然气资源的国家而上涨。美国的情况也是如此。” 卡尼表示，自由党正在考虑如何为消费者提供纾困措施。此前，保守党领袖皮埃尔·波利耶夫呼吁取消今年剩余时间的燃油税。此外，卡尼的表态也正值预计在未来几周内发布的春季经济报告发布之前。 总理没有提供更多关于政府可能正在考虑或计划采取哪些援助措施的细节，也没有说明任何措施何时生效。 今天，波利耶夫就上周的呼吁发表了后续声明，公布了他致卡尼的一封正式信函。信中，他要求总理暂停征收联邦燃油消费税和汽油、柴油的商品及服务税（GST），并利用联邦政府因燃油成本上涨而获得的“巨额意外之财”来支付这笔费用。 （市场动态新闻来源于与全球市场专业人士的对话，和/或其他媒体渠道。这些信息据信来自可靠来源，但可能包含传闻和推测。准确性无法保证。）
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