Finance committee  Thank you very much. I'm going to focus my questions on Mr. Strain and Mr. Davidson. Do you know how much carbon tax is paid in Guangdong province? It's a completely unfair question. It's zero.

Finance committee  I apologize. To Mr. Strain and Mr. Davidson, what is the level of carbon tax in Guangdong province, Mumbai and West Virginia?

Finance committee  The challenge we have is that your members are competing from Winnipeg all around the world—that's probably fair—and we have a carbon tax pricing situation here. We are already among the lowest with respect to productivity. We have some of the worst income tax framework. We have

Finance committee  Can I also ask you about Bill C-234, which is the bill that would exempt agricultural production from the carbon tax? Does the Manitoba business council have any policy on that?

Finance committee  The Manitoba chamber does not specifically. On that issue as well, in regard to the carbon tax, our concern is fairness, a level playing field, across Canada. The concern from a Manitoba perspective is that businesses in Manitoba are not getting rebated as a result

Finance committee  , the carbon tax comprises 0.6 of 1% of the inflation rate. For example, if their target rate is 2%, inflation is now 3.8%. If you took away the carbon tax, the inflation rate would be 3.2%, and that would ease inflationary pressures significantly and bring them much closer to target. I'm

Finance committee   encourage the federal government to work with the new Manitoba provincial government to ensure that the proceeds of the carbon tax pricing are utilized to provide incentives for investing in green technologies, including the development of hydrogen power and electrification

Finance committee  Thank you very much. I think I have about 30 seconds left. Ms. Pohlmann, the government announced a top-up to the rural carbon tax, which is supposed to be funded from the 10% of the carbon tax that was supposed to be set aside for businesses. That's my understanding

Finance committee  We believe that, if the carbon tax can't be fixed in its current form, the best next solution is probably to scrap it and start over, so that it is a bit more fair to smaller companies.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, everyone. I'm going to start my questioning with Ms. Pohlmann. First of all, can you repeat and reiterate the cost of the carbon tax for small business owners and your members?

Finance committee  Sure. We have determined, through our own calculations—and we'd love to be corrected on this—that 40% of all the carbon tax revenues being collected in the provinces in which it applies are being collected from small business owners. About 10% is earmarked to go back to small

Finance committee  Yes, absolutely. We have seen support for the federal carbon tax plan go down quite dramatically over the course of the last year. We had fifty-fifty support across Canada. That has gone up to about 80% now who are opposed to it. Times have changed, and things have become

Finance committee  Of course, another carve-out that's currently, unfortunately, being held up by Liberal or Progressive senators is Bill C-234, which would give farmers an exemption from the carbon tax with respect to natural gas and propane. Is that something that your organization and your

Finance committee   increases in CPP premiums, carbon taxes and alcohol excise taxes. To help address and offset some of these costs, the CFIB recommends, among other ideas, first, lowering EI premiums for smaller employers, which are more sensitive to payroll tax increases than larger firms. One way to do

Finance committee  Yes, certainly, getting inflation under control.... We heard about transitioning a little bit. We heard from Tiff Macklem, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, that one of the ways to reduce inflation immediately would be to reduce or pause the carbon tax. I want to talk more