-- 根據加拿大電視台（CTV）週三報道，加拿大總理馬克·卡尼表示，聯邦政府已經意識到加拿大人面臨的高油價問題，並且鑑於伊朗戰爭持續時間的不確定性，他正在「尋找」幫助民眾的途徑。 “我們能做些什麼來幫助加拿大人減輕負擔？”卡尼在安大略省布蘭普頓市的一次活動上問道，“這是我們正在考慮的問題。” 卡尼是在回答一位記者關於他對每公升汽油價格高達約2加元的加拿大人有何建議的問題時做出上述表態的。 總理表示，他知道加拿大人每天加油或取暖時都會問自己，為什麼他們覺得自己在承擔伊朗-美國戰爭的成本。卡尼說，“簡而言之，因為這是一個全球市場。” 卡尼繼續說：“那些石油和天然氣資源豐富的國家，其油價也會隨著那些缺乏石油和天然氣資源的國家而上漲。美國的情況也是如此。” 卡尼表示，自由黨正在考慮如何為消費者提供紓困措施。此前，保守黨領袖皮埃爾·波利耶夫呼籲取消今年剩餘時間的燃料稅。此外，卡尼的表態也正值預計在未來幾週內發布的春季經濟報告發布之前。 總理沒有提供更多關於政府可能正在考慮或計劃採取哪些援助措施的細節，也沒有說明任何措施何時生效。 今天，波利耶夫就上週的呼籲發表了後續聲明，公佈了他致卡尼的一封正式信件。信中，他要求總理暫停徵收聯邦燃油消費稅和汽油、柴油的商品及服務稅（GST），並利用聯邦政府因燃油成本上漲而獲得的「巨額意外之財」來支付這筆費用。 （市場動態新聞來自與全球市場專業人士的對話，和/或其他媒體管道。這些資訊據信來自可靠來源，但可能包含傳聞和推測。準確性無法保證。）
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