Feds say ‘no’ to off-road fuel relief; Truckers ‘on their own’

TORONTO– The federal Conservative government won’t find a way to allow Ontario truckers to fill up temporarily with off-road diesel until the fuel supply disruption in that province settles.

At a press conference in Victoria following a meeting of the country


The minister was short on specifics of what the federal government might do instead, but according to the OTA, he stated it is “doing the best it can in a tough situation” by speaking to oil companies and railways about redistributing fuel from other parts of Canada to Ontario.

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