The Environment  Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Minister of the Environment announced that he wants to impose on Canadian businesses a carbon tax of $100 per tonne, or maybe $200 per tonne, or perhaps an amount in between the two. It seems that he is panicking and making it up as he goes along; he

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, after failing to defend his green plan, the environment minister has returned to making things up as he goes along. Yesterday the minister suddenly announced that his green sham contains a $100 to $200 a tonne carbon tax for industry. Today the health minister

Business of Supply   on Canadians which was a carbon tax in the budget. The hon. member asked about Nairobi. The minister invited members of the opposition parties to go to Nairobi with her. She was president of the Kyoto conference at that time and she spoke and shared with the delegates in Nairobi

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the basic premise behind the Minister of the Environment's report is biased. Whereas his study says that a carbon tax of $195 a tonne would have to be imposed on businesses, a far more serious UN study refers to a tax of between $25 and $50 a tonne. Will the Prime

The Environment   breathe is free from pollution, particularly particulate matter. The Liberal Party, in committee on Bill C-30, stripped the important clean air parts of Bill C-30 and replaced them with its carbon tax, something that will do nothing for young children with asthma and the elderly who

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   by my colleagues at the beginning of your study, and this concerns me greatly. We had a very good bill that aimed at improving air quality and the health of Canadians. Just thinking that Liberals again want to implement a carbon tax... This would not be very helpful. It would

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   in the preamble we're talking about at the present time. We can call it what we like; we've had many adjectives used. We have, without a doubt, put forward a carbon tax on industry in this country, and from my point of view that's a backward step. I think we've created a problem here

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   at it. They would know better than I. Certainly, I think my questions were asked in good faith and I expected answers to them, and I received some assurances, although not very many, to be blunt. I do still have serious concerns with this carbon tax.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you, Chair. I have just two small comments. I won't argue on behalf of the Liberals too hard on this one. It's just not in my nature, generally speaking; try as I might, it's difficult. First of all, the notion of the carbon tax is something you have no choice

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   of the country was financing the rest of the country. That would seem unfair to that part of the country. So we anticipated that. The final argument was made by the parliamentary secretary, who described this as a “carbon tax” and a “tax grab” and “buying your way out”. I don't understand

Environment committee   that there wasn't really a sound assessment of some of the decisions made by government. When you recently introduced—I know you won't call it this, but it's essentially what it is—a carbon tax on cars with larger engines, the bigger polluting cars, did you have a list of which cars would

The Budget   do we find an auto sector strategy. Moreover, the carbon tax that is going to be imposed on vehicles that are not fuel efficient is going to impact the very middle class families that the government says it wants to help. Parents who are driving their kids to hockey, soccer

The Environment   and my party are very interested in and which carries a great deal of potential. That is the use of economic instruments. Here we have to be clear. Economic instruments in the area of the environment embrace a broad range of tools, including carbon taxes to which we are opposed. We

Question No. 55  The November 2002 Climate Change Plan for Canada contains no proposals regarding carbon taxes or well head taxes. It has been a long standing position that a carbon tax will not be part of the Government of Canada’s approach to addressing climate change.

Government Operations committee  I'll say it on the record: I prefer not to have a carbon tax; I'd prefer to let senior citizens have a decent price for energy. But I want to talk a bit. I'm a little more familiar with Alberta's Built Green program for residential buildings. But I can see