Carbon Pricing   that Alberta produce a similar piece of legislation. A headline on a recent article from Trevor Tombe says, “How Alberta can benefit from a provincial carbon tax”. He believes, “Whatever your priorities, using carbon tax revenues to achieve them requires Alberta [to] take back control

Finance committee   to carbon pricing. The challenge to the Liberals' carbon tax went all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled that the government had the authority to implement the tax. Just because the Supreme Court says you can do something doesn't mean you should. What happened next

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023   and heavy equipment. All these things are very carbon-intensive. If the Liberals actually wanted to help Ukraine rebuild, why would they have put a carbon tax into a trade agreement for the first time ever? Does my colleague think this is actually going to help with the cost

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, no, I do not think a carbon tax in a free trade agreement is going to help Ukraine rebuild whatsoever. It will need the lowest cost and the most environmentally friendly energy possible. It can get that from Canada, yet we have a government that is throwing up red

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, the carbon tax has now become one of the most hated and reviled taxes in all of Canadian history. When we talk about exports, it is quite interesting that the government has decided to export a carbon tax into a trade agreement for the first time ever. In all

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, in terms of the carbon tax, one of the things the Liberal government fails to understand is that nobody else is doing this. Our trading partners certainly are not. It is a complete and total competitive disadvantage for what we are doing. If we just look at where

Finance committee  On a point of order, I believe he's talking about the bill that would provide a carbon tax exemption for farmers who are drying grain using fossil fuels. He may know that New Democrats supported that legislation, and that's why it's in the Senate, because New Democrats voted

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023   concerning reports that some of these folks may want to leave Canada due to the incredibly high cost of living. We all know the cost of living crisis was created by the Liberal government's inflationary spending, lack of a housing plan and its signature failure of the carbon tax. All

Finance committee  Absolutely, Chair. We're talking about division, and I think it's important that folks understand the carve-outs that have happened with respect to the carbon tax around this country. That has created significant division, and the division, of course, is related directly

Finance committee   significantly affected by the divisive carbon tax and the negative impact it's had on the people I represent. Certainly, it is a time when we have had more outcry from citizens on one policy than anything else, mostly because, of course, they cannot afford to heat their homes or house

Finance committee  Thank you, thank you. I do enjoy my friends in the NDP and their always interesting comments. Yes, we're talking about division and the way these policies are sowing division. We have the carbon tax exemption, which is the latest example of Liberals' playing one side

Finance committee  Yes, exactly. I think it's important to note that this Liberal government has continued to put forward policies that divide our great country. Whether it be the carbon tax that I've talked about and will continue to talk about, Bill C-69, which is referred to as the “no more

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think it actually is self-evident that the carbon tax is affecting farmers, and agriculture is a big part of the economy. If this member is saying somehow that agriculture is not part of the Canadian economy, I wish he would just come out and say

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023   to the agreement. It is pushing to rush this legislation through the House. The questions is why. What kind of woke clauses is it trying to slip in here, a carbon tax perhaps? The government has bragged, “For the first time in a Canadian free trade agreement, the environment chapter includes

Finance committee  Thank you very much. I'll anchor my comments to make sure that the connection is clear. The carbon tax is having a huge impact on the economy, and we actually heard that testimony. You don't have to take my word for it, Mr. Chair. You can take Tiff Macklem's word