Government Operations committee  We showed leadership back in 2007 by setting the first price on carbon, I believe, in North America. We've continued with our industrial carbon pricing ever since. It's been renamed the technology innovation and emissions reduction regulation. The way it works is that industry is expected to be able to meet a certain standard.

Government Operations committee  We have taken it further. We have asked for a recognition from ECCC to be able to acknowledge our TIER program as being equivalent, and they did until 2030. Part of the way we did that is that we matched our increases with the federal increases, so by 2030 it will go up to $170 on industrial emissions.

Government Operations committee  I'm sorry, MP Sousa. I also want to say we expanded it to include more. We included anyone under 2,000.

Government Operations committee  My apologies....

Government Operations committee  Look, I know the question about the Supreme Court decision on the carbon tax has been raised. I believe the Supreme Court decided in favour of the government on that because they were making the argument that it was such an important national issue that it needed to be dealt with in a national way and the rules needed to apply equally across the country.

Government Operations committee  I should make sure that the committee knows exactly why Steven Guilbeault faced law problems. One was for the stunt he pulled on the CN Tower. The other was that he climbed on the roof of our premier Ralph Klein's house when his wife, Colleen, was home, terrifying her. You can imagine how Albertans feel about how this is the person now responsible for enacting emissions policy.

Government Operations committee  Those are just some examples. That's not to mention that the minister doesn't seem to want to build roads. It's like he hasn't ever left downtown Montreal. It's a big country.

Government Operations committee  I can tell you a couple of things. The way I think most Albertans look at it is that the government is taking a dollar and promising to give back 75¢. Everybody knows that's not a good deal. We've seen in the polling that people don't support the increase. They don't support the tax.

Government Operations committee  Thank you so much. I appreciate the opportunity to speak to the committee, especially knowing that it's a constituency week. Thank you for taking the time from that; I know how important that is to you. I'm here on behalf of Albertans and Canadians who are struggling with severe financial pressures.