Natural Resources committee  We've been cutting consumption taxes and sales taxes. There is no appropriate carbon price. I don't know how you meet climate change without a carbon tax. You can call it anything you want, but people should be honest with people. I chaired the national round table. I was grilled by this committee. I think you got three years of excellent reports, and you didn't take any of the advice.

Business of the House  This week the House of Commons has been proceeding on the theme of sound economic management without a carbon tax. We passed Bill C-21 to give aboriginals living on reserves the protection of the Canadian Human Rights Act. We passed our biofuels bill, BillC-33, at third reading and it is now in the Senate.

Business of the House  Macdonald worked in establishing Confederation, and honouring our contemporary head of state, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The week the House returns will be sound economic management without a carbon tax week. The highlight of the week will be the return of the budget bill to this House on May 28. This bill proposes a balanced budget, controlled spending, investments in priority areas and lower taxes, all without forcing Canadian families to pay a tax on carbon, gas and heating.