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

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   to Canadians. Now what's being proposed here is the introduction of one of the largest corporate tax increases in recent history with no expectation of achieving any reductions in greenhouse gases. The Liberals' proposal of an uncapped investment account is nothing more than a carbon tax

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   of the environment committee, said we could not include greenhouse gases under CEPA and regulate them, because that would amount to a carbon tax, and now the government is proposing to use CEPA to regulate greenhouse gases in some obtuse manner. This proposal is not for a carbon tax. I think we

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  ) and at subsection (3), that is a carbon tax and somebody has to administer the carbon tax. I would suggest it would be the government. You can call it anything you want, but it's a carbon tax of a carbon tax. So I would object on that basis.

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   on the carbon tax. Dr. Dolittle confirmed this week that he changed his mind and now supports a $100 billion carbon tax on Canadians. This would mean taxes of $12,000 for an average Canadian family of four. We know Dr. Dolittle and the radical left now support thousands of dollars in new

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

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, The Globe and Mail reports that the Liberal environment critic has praised a carbon tax that would cost Canadian families $100 billion, yet the Liberal leader has stated that he is opposed to a carbon tax. They flip and they flop. Could the Minister

The Environment  No, Mr. Speaker. The leader of the Liberal Party said that he was against a carbon tax. The deputy leader of the Liberal Party said that he was in favour of a carbon tax. Then the leader of the Liberal Party said that he was rejecting a carbon tax. Now we learn that a big

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   will not even if we set out to try to, implement cap and trade or a greenhouse gas quota-based emissions market in Canada. When you look at the submission, you'll see that some of the front pages I've dedicated to walking you through the question of carbon taxes—“carbon taxes” being defined

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Well, you're actually being a little too forward, sir. Let me get to the question for you. You said a carbon tax was preferred. Can you help us understand why a carbon tax is preferred, rather than a cap and trade system? Can you please weave into your answer your reaction

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   cases, the rest of the world is actually moving closer to doing it. A few last comments. On policy mechanisms, my view is that the central policy mechanism must be something that leaves people free to innovate, and that means a strong price signal. I personally favour a carbon tax

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   understand how the market works, because the alternative to the market is a carbon tax.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee   about things like a carbon tax and replacement of things like the GST by things like a carbon tax, rethinking the way we do our taxation. You'd have to involve economists in that, but we need to at least talk about these things.