Natural Resources committee  This is a motion that certainly doesn't call for a carbon tax.

Natural Resources committee  I have a quick question before we go to a vote. Is the government planning on introducing new carbon taxes? I just wonder why we need this motion if the government is not.

Natural Resources committee  The provinces, as well as the opposition federally, have proposed a carbon tax, and there will be a compounded effect. The single toughest input expense that the lumber industry puts forth is the cost of fuel, and in the sawmills the electricity. I don't know what certain members of the opposition have against the forestry industry, but in my riding of Renfrew--Nipissing--Pembroke we have a model for forestry and we sequester--

Transport committee  I have no problem with that, Mr. Chair. It deals with the impact of a carbon tax upon commercial transportation in Canada, so it's quite important, especially with the motion by the Liberal leader. Will 48 hours' notice be enough time to deal with it on Thursday?

Agriculture committee  Would the mover of the amendment consider changing the word “tax” to “pricing”, “carbon tax” to “carbon pricing”, because I think at the end of the day you'll find, on our policy, what that's going to be is carbon pricing.

Agriculture committee  We're here to protect and try to come up with things that will benefit agriculture. At the end of the day, all this asks is that...and I don't care whether it's a carbon tax issue or carbon pricing, as Mr. Easter wants to call it. I don't care whether it's from this government or from a party that would like to be government. For example, I was going to bring up the one that Mr.

Agriculture committee  This also concerns the amendment. We're talking about a carbon tax. So it's exactly the same thing. I think that Mr. Storseth is also an extremely gifted debater. He is also very good at cutting off other people, but that is what I was talking about.

Human Resources committee  I think one has to perhaps look again at certain questions, which David Gordon has spoken about—the value of benefits and so forth, but also perhaps the value of income taxes to people at the bottom—to see whether there are ways. If one's going to be radical in that fashion with carbon taxes, I think you have to do these other things as well to make sure that those at the bottom do not suffer in any sense disproportionately.

Agriculture committee  Coming to Alex's point, really, if the Liberal Party proposes a green shift—let's call it that—that might include a carbon tax in it, it might also include other incentives. It might be counterbalanced with programs for carbon sinks, etc. If the Liberal Party comes out with a discussion paper in that regard...we're not the government.

Agriculture committee  I would like to suggest that since it's not the current administration that has...[Technical difficulty--Editor]...a carbon tax, this is an election issue that probably should be decided. When all the facts are before people and the platforms are known, I think it might be an election issue. I don't think at this point in time it's critical to vote on this; I think it's more of a political statement from this government.

Agriculture committee  That's exactly what it is. I have a couple of questions for Mr. Lauzon. Is this a proposal for a carbon tax that is coming from the government, or could you be more specific about where it is coming from? I mean, you are the government.

Agriculture committee  As I understand it, there's a possibility of a carbon tax being introduced tomorrow. By the way, if you could clarify which committees.... To the best of my knowledge, no other committee has introduced anything. This is coming from agricultural people; it's not coming from other committees.

Environment committee  With a softening Ontario economy and the economic benefit from the oil sands, can you talk about the potential impacts of a proposed carbon tax on the industry in the oil sands and what that could mean? Those are the questions.

Canada-U.S. Relations  We know those members do not want to talk about a strong Canadian economy and they do not want to talk about their carbon tax. However, they should at least take the time to look at the report of the Clerk of the Privy Council on this, in which he has found there is no evidence that any classified information was disclosed by the Prime Minister's Office and that none of the concerns he raises repeatedly in the House on this matter have any basis.

Health  My question, though, is this. Why does the Liberal leader want to increase the cost of cosmetics due to his carbon tax?